That said, I must admit the best fireworks display I’ve ever experienced took place in isolation and nearly-total silence, accompanied only by the murmurings of a couple of friends, the sound of a car engine and the hum of tires on a deserted road. It’s Their Nation, Too « The Task at Hand.
We praise our Founders annually for revolting against royal rule and for creating an exceptionally durable system of self-government. We can wreck that system if we forget our Founders’ purpose of creating a representative form of national authority robust enough to secure the public good. It is still perfectly capable of doing that. But if we pretend we are living in Boston in 1773, we will draw all the wrong conclusions and make some remarkably foolish choices. ~ What our Declaration really said – The Washington Post.
I’m just grinning, because I’m still roaming your site. I don’t know what it is, but I get so pleased when I find another Texas blogger.
Besides, anyone with Leon Hale in his sidebar is ok by me.
And I have to ask – you don’t happen to be kin to the Boyds who were in construction down in Victoria, do you? David was quite a sailor, too, and I’ve got a few photos of one of his boats. He kept it down in Port Lavaca for a while – if you ever saw it on the bay you’d think LaFitte was back in town.
Love the nooks and crannies here – very enjoyable.
Linda
Hi Linda, Thanks for the kind words… the feeling is mutual, I look forward to seeing where your mind will takes us since I first stumbled across your blog through the Weather Underground. It was your reference to Texas 35 that really connected with me this time since it runs just a quarter mile from my house and I’ve spent many hours cruising up and down the road.
I can’t say I had any Boyd kin down Victoria way, though to hear you describe their ship, I wish I could lay claim to them.