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Category Archives: Leisure
Summer Schedule — Sporadic
With apologies to Dan Rather for “stealing” his title (“Steady’s Summer schedule“) “Summertime and the livin’ is easy…” Summertime means I’m not nearly as energetic in any effort I make — and we already know I’m basically lazy. The languid … Continue reading
Sundown on our Front Porch Evenings
Although this blog is titled “Buller’s Back Porch,” I’ve already confessed that we generally spend much more time on the front porch than the back one. That has been especially true through the summer evenings, when Sara & I sometimes … Continue reading
Shunpiking Home
The shortest distance between points is beside the point. shunpike: a side road used to avoid the toll on or the speed and traffic of a superhighway— Merriam-Webster Dictionary Whenever we can, we shunpike. That is, we deliberately avoid the … Continue reading
Lost in the Woods — Southwest Texas, 1914
Guest blogger, my grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, recounts a tale from a hunting party. I was a School Teacher in the great Southwest Texas, 34 years of age; And I was very aggressive, I was not a coward; But I was … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to — ME!
Once upon a time, I was one of those people who hid his birthday. One year in college, my gloomy roomie, Jacque, was feeling depressed and facing some tough times in her immediate future. One of our mutual friends suggested, “Let’s throw her a birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Buller, children, Family, friends, Fun, Leisure
Tagged Bastrop State Park, birthday, Buescher State Park, Red Rocks
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Schoolboy Games in 1880s Rural East Texas
My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey wrote of his school days in late 19th century East Texas in his memoirs. This excerpt speaks to the diversions of the day for young schoolboys. We had many and various games. Some were seasonable, such as … Continue reading
Posted in education, Fun, G.M.C. Massey, Learning, Leisure
Tagged contests, debate, games
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“Go West, Young Dog!” or Brutus On the Road
another chapter from the Book of Brutus, the Wonder Dog Shortly after taking Brutus to Big Bend, I quit my job at the Brown Schools, broke up with my girlfriend, and moved out of the house. Free from those constraints, I … Continue reading
Weekend Web Wanderings
Here’s some weekend reading for you — enjoy the links and we’ll see you soon! Paradise ignored as 2 idealists attempt to echo the 19th-century utopian Harmonists…read how Michael Colby and Donald Graves became the Zinzendorfs, curators of the Mahantongo Heritage Center. Raise a glass … Continue reading
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Tagged David-Ducharme-Jones Band, Guiness, hospital, Project 1 in 4, utopia
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Brutus Goes to Big Bend
“You know your dog’s not allowed on any of the back trails?” said the man on horseback, as he and another rider clip-clopped up the trail past me and Brutus. Great, I remember thinking. After driving hundreds of miles to get to Big … Continue reading
A Sensational Story of a Dramatic Nature
Another story from my grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, this time from his year in Asherton, Texas. I was 34 years of age, Just 46 years ago; and I was at that time Supt. of the Asherton School, in Dimmitt Co.; near … Continue reading