Tag: Texas 2-step

• Roadside Attractions From The Rearview Mirror

  I feel like I’ve driven half-way around the earth’s diameter.  Actually, according to the odometer on the red Ford Escape, we did indeed travel that far. Our total distance driven, including side trips for sight-seeing, came to an astounding 13,589 miles!  If you’re into engine care and maintenance, that’s would be three oil changes (and…

  patrickjegan

  April 6, 2016

  Blogging, California, Deserts, History, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Myth and Mythology, Nature, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Real Personal History, son, Texas, The RV Life, The sea, The South, Travels, Uncategorized

  Bob Dylan, Dallas, Deserts, El Paso, Juarez Mexico, Jushua tree, mexico, Southern music, Texas 2-step, texas swing, travels

• I Heard The Secrets Of The Grackle’s Song

  [Image: Google search] A short time ago, perhaps a week, maybe more, I spent a few days in Austin, Texas.  We were visiting with a gentleman, William, that I had met during a writers workshop in Westport, New York in October, 2012.  He has been a good friend and faithful follower of my blogs since…

  patrickjegan

  January 28, 2016

  Blogging, Childhood, Creativity, daughter, Fables & Folklore, Family, Fictional Personal History, grandparents, History, Holding onto the Past, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Myth and Mythology, Nature, Public Parks, son, Texas, The RV Life, The South, Travels, Uncategorized

  antes, Austin TX, Bob Wills, Colorado River, cowboys, Grackles, myths, nature, sea turtle, song of seven passions, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas 2-step, Willie Nelson

• Night Of The Living Entropy

  [Just to give you the right perspective.  We are a small fish in a large sea of RV’s] [en-tro-py n, pl -pies  1 : the degree of disorder in a system  2 : an ultimate state of inert uniformity]      —Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus, 2014 ed. I recently completed reading Deep South by Paul Theroux.…

  patrickjegan

  January 13, 2016

  Blogging, Childhood, Everyday Events, humor, non-fiction, Real Personal History, Texas, The RV Life, The South, Travels, Uncategorized

  Austin, cowboy boots, RV travel, Scrabble, small living spaces in RV’s, Texas, Texas 2-step, Vicksburg