Posts Tagged ‘Road Trip Through History’
Road Trip Through History: The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
More than a month ago I promised you a report on our visit to the LBJ Library. I fully expected to sit down and write it later that week. The fact that I wandered off into other historical by-ways is simply a reflection of how easily I’m distracted, not on the quality of the museum.…
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Plane Spotting
Like anyone who has spent time hanging around the British or American homefronts of World War II, I am familiar with the concept of plane spotting.* Plane spotters were trained to look at planes on the horizon and ask “How many?” “Where are they headed?” “Are they ours or the enemy’s?” It never dawned on…
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Road Trip Through History: The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
My Own True Love and I recently spent a week in Austin, Texas. The reason for the visit was a family wedding. It was everything a wedding should be, full of love, creativity, and open-hearted hospitality. (Not to mention great food and dancing.) We ate, danced, mingled,* toasted the newlyweds, and danced some more .…
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