It was the summer of 1973, it was hot and it was the beginning of a lifetime friendship. My world opened up the same as it did the first time a few peanuts were dropped into my Coke-A-Cola bottle. We’d just moved to Amarillo and we landed right in the middle of the barrio. Maybe […]
ONCE, WE WERE GIANTS (the sprinklers) Ingenuity. I’m pretty sure it was frowned upon, but damn if it wasn’t cool. Yes, pun intended here. Summers were hot, dry and windy. The center of the barrio here was Alamo Park, or later I am to be corrected “el” Alamo Park. We roamed from house to house […]
Town squares, I’m digging them. A nice skip in the step which is reviving towns all across Texas. Bringing together the old with the new and you actually taste it! I found myself in Comanche, Texas and I need to go back to enjoy it all, and I will. But on this pass through, the […]
Nestled just Southeast of San Angelo, at about 11 miles or so, slightly off the Highway 87 you’ll find the Community of Wall. You blink, you’ll miss it. If you’re hungry or in for an adventure, I would recommend not to blink and give the effort to exit into the loop. There, you’ll find the […]
I’ve been past this place once or twice. Each time packed. Each time I imagined burger after burger being served, delivered…enjoyed. A soda in a wax paper cup, you know the ones, and maybe a side of greasy, salty fries. Yeah, I want one. Larry, I want a better burger!!! #somewheretexas #texas #drivein #burgers#fries #sodas #classic #aboyslife#larrysbetterburger #abilenetx #og
I take all photos posted on this page and the SomeWhereTexas site, but this time I have to credit my youngest son. He showed it to me and I said to myself, “Yes!” Great perspective and moment. I try and encourage the boys to take photos as they see the moment and life through their […]
The question was, “What would you like to be remembered for?” Assuming this means I was gone and had flown the coop of life, what would it be? This had me thinking. Should be an easy question, right? Maybe it could be something like I was a good father, husband, son, brother…friend. Maybe that I […]
TEXAS BLACKBERRIES Catching the last days of the Central Texas Blackberry season. Can we say jelly!!! Yes, in case you’re mouth watering mind is wondering, the sweet smell is as large as the berries. I remember as a kid my mom delivering blackberry jelly to my uncles and aunts. There’s a picture in my head […]
I asked him, “Dad, are you afraid of dying?” Without hesitation, he looked into my eyes as some sort of reassurance and in his calming voice he replied, “No, but I want to live.” And he smiled. I believed him and I actually understood. In his faith there was no doubt that he believed there […]
I pull it out now and then as I did today. It’s just a beautiful as the day I first saw it, which I actually can’t remember when that day was. But it was on her hand. She never seemed to wear much jewelry, her wedding ring, a brooch, a butterfly neklace, maybe clip on […]
