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The Big Sing 9 1/4″ x 9 1/2″ x 2 1/4″.  Copyright 2009 by Lynn Bridge. I am not really a singer.  Not in the sense we usually use the word- professional- a person audiences would pay to hear.   But, I sing.  Not only do I occasionally sing with the radio and

I wonder how Shakespeare would feel about my hometown?  New continent, new climate, new millennium, more people than he’s ever seen in his life?  Same language.  He invented and used so many new words that there are plenty for us to still be using today, centuries later.  I

When I was very young I thought that what I saw today would be available for me to see tomorrow and next year and always.  I thought that the people I loved would be there tomorrow and next year and always.  I thought that the things I learned about the world would be permanently

Richard Ryan, a professor of psychology, psychiatry and education at the University of Rochester, says, “We’ve found nature brings out more social feelings, more value for community and close relationships. People are more caring when they’re around nature.”  – a quote from

Camping and Fishing on the Pedernales River A trip back in time- priceless.  Here is what family vacation meant in central Texas one hundred years ago:  brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins, grandparents, and great-grandparents hitched up the horses and mules

Yesterday was Mom’s birthday and the two of us happily spent it looking through old family pictures, letters, and other mementos the forbears had saved.  Mom was born in 1916 and the sister in this picture was born in 1914, so early 1920 is my best guess for a date on this

Occurrences 1- Silent Witnesses One morning in June I was walking on the route that takes me past ball fields, beside a creek, and into a city park.  Along the way, there is an elaborate memorial for a police officer who was murdered while making a routine traffic stop in that

Almost every day I walk through my neighborhood to a bridge over Barton Creek from which I can look down and scrutinize the animals and plants below.  I count the turtles, watch fish, and admire the water fowl.  I feel satisfied when I see a snapping turtle beneath the surface

Thoughts about Barton Creek.

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