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Springtime is fast approaching and I’m looking forward to some warmer temperatures. It’s always been that way for me but now the reasons are a bit different.
Read moreWe all have to grow up sometime. Or so we are told. It’s taken some of us a lot longer than others. I believe I fall into that category. Looking to the future always leads to looking back for me. Maybe it’s the modern day troubles that make me long for the carefree life of my younger days here in Bandera.
Read moreHello March! The Texas mountain laurel is blooming and the Texas redbud is budding. Be sure a visit to the library is on your list of things to enjoy while the weather is so beautiful.
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February has flown by and we are looking ahead to the many happenings in March. As always, subscribing to the library’s monthly newsletter or following the library on social media is the best way to stay on top of the many goings on at the Bandera Kronkosky Public Library.
Read moreIf you still struggle with saying First Street bridge instead of Silver Spur bridge then you have probably been around here about as long as me. If I tell you to meet me at “The Dollar” you better be headed over to Arkey Blue’s Silver Dollar and not one of those many new variety stores popping up all over the county. If I say, “Rhodes Country Shopper Super S Lowes grocery store” there will be oldtimers who laugh and understand but many of you will be scratching your heads.
Read moreThere are a bunch of game warden stories I know of that are fine examples of how those kinds of memes got started. This week, I want to spotlight (get it? spotlight?) one such story from my friends and former academy mates, retired Game Wardens Henry Balderamas and David Martinez.
Read moreSitting here this morning on my computer in a house being warmed by a central heating unit my mind wanders back to sitting on a stool by a wood burning stove in my Granddaddy Kindla’s kitchen when the weather was cold. The woodpile was located about 50 feet from the back door which was pretty convenient when you considered that the outhouse was another thirty feet or so further.
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