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Another School Tragedy – and people wonder why.
So, another tragedy at a school. Does it make the news – for a day? We must celebrate the first responders. The heroes! Say a prayer? Have the families in our thoughts. Remember the community. Maybe someone will designate a certain color ribbon to memorialize this event? – Red, orange, yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.…
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The Calling – part 3
An image that has haunted me now has a name – she is real – she lived. Her name is Virginia Moore.Curiously, I have amassed numerous images of Virginia, unlike my photo; each depicts her full of life, wearing a bright smile – exhibiting an exuberant, brilliant demeanor. I shuffle pictures collected from online sites…
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The Calling – part two
The Calling continues – Part two of Thomas Watts’ journey to find the answers to an eighty year old photo.
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The Calling – part one
Thomas Watts’ random purchase will lead him into mystery and heartbreak in “The Calling”. A story series.
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After the Show
We fling ourselves into the pickup truck’s bed; caked mud fractures from my sunburnt calf, reminding me of the early morning rain and mudslides out on the lawn. We lay supine, smoking cigarettes in our soured clothes, matted hair blows across our eyes, as the skyline flanks our peripheral, our minds race along as the…
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The Blues + Van Gogh = Everything you know.
Some wonderings along the road to Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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A candid note to Walt Whitman
A little free form to Mr. Whitman –
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Redwater, Texas
Redwater, Texas – A Bankhead Highway town.
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The Buckhorn Baths – Mesa, Arizona
Check out the history at the Buckhorn Baths –
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Escapism at home (why I built an in house Polynesian paradise)
My pupils, the size of a pinhead, take in the hustle of the valet attendants whose hurried motions cause nausea in my belly and pain in my head. Early morning in Las Vegas. Some coming. Others are going. Many are looking to find Thompson’s American Dream. Each day and night in this city…
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The Bankhead Highway Newsletter
Vol. 1 Issue 5 The Bankhead Highway Newsletter Your source for Bankhead Highway news and information – Texas’ section. What is inside this month… TabacrossTexas just completed the entire Texas’ Bankhead Highway Route. In eight days, we covered over 900 miles slow and easy, taking in as much as we could, while we stayed…
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Across the State in Eight (part 7- Loraine to Pecos) – A Bankhead Highway motorcycle adventure.
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” -Edward Abbey Solo motorcycle touring in vast unpopulated areas can seem daunting. The what-ifs, and what then, circulate in my mind. Constantly. The Machine’s sounds have become so familiar to my ear. I find a rhythm in the ticks and…
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Across the State in Eight (part 6 – Abilene to Loraine) – A Bankhead Highway motorcycle adventure.
“Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The Main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.” -John Steinbeck West Texas is big! Wind turbines are everywhere. Their uniformity is eerie. I wish they would paint them like pinwheels, giant pinwheels planted by Goliath in the Big Sky Country.…
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Across the State in Eight (part 5 – Mineral Wells to Abilene) – A Bankhead Highway motorcycle adventure.
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” -Emerson The Bankhead Highway route out of Mineral Wells is the gateway to the Palo Pinto Mountains – well hills. A beautiful country where springs fed creeks that flow into the Brazos River, supplying life to…
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Across the State in Eight (part 4 – Dallas to Mineral Wells) – A Bankhead Highway motorcycle adventure.
“There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering empty streets with no destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I’m born to leave.” – Charlotte Eriksson I stay as true to the original route as possible through Dallas, Fort Worth, and all the cities in between. Honestly, this is a tough…
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Across the State in Eight (part 3 – Sulphur Springs to Dallas) – A Bankhead Highway motorcycle adventure.
“I can see the concrete slowly creeping – Lord take me and mind before that comes” – Ronnie Van Zant Soon the Bankhead will carry me into the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and all the adjoining communities that make up the DFW Metroplex. Before that happens – breakfast. Not just any breakfast, breakfast at…
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Across the State in Eight (part 2 – Texarkana to Mount Vernon) – A Bankhead Highway motorcycle adventure.
(part 2 – Texarkana to Mount Vernon)
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A Teacher’s Summer at the White Sands
Heading west through the heat of a Texas sun with a destination north of El Paso in the Chihuahua Desert. Leaving behind what most school teachers hold dear, the summer, I pass through small towns and upper elevation villages until the two lane crests and I begin my descent into the Tularosa Basin. The…
Tab across Texas 