Category Archives: Texana

It relates to Texas some way

Day Trips: Visit to a Coleman drug store that was closed

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Marchbanks

We took a holiday trip to visit a retro, small-town drug store. I gambled it would be open but rolled snake eyes. Continue reading →

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Maryland Enchiladas Banderas—is that even a thing??  (Yes.  It is.)

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Marchbanks

I paid the bill, and left a quite generous tip for the waitress for having outdone me at being provincial. Continue reading →

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Birthday Trip to Fort Concho

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Marchbanks

Field artillery was an expensive proposition (a battery of six guns required sixty or seventy men and nearly as many horses to support it). Continue reading →

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Visiting an abandoned fort

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Marchbanks

Since last Saturday week was my birthday and we had to go halfway to Llano anyhow to pick up M, L and I decided it would be a good day to go on a trip.  I’ve been wanting to go … Continue reading →

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What really went on in Denton

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Marchbanks

Recycled Books which turned out to be what I suspected: a cleaner, less-crowded, better-lit version of Brock’s, and fun to rummage through. Continue reading →

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Texas back-road adventuring

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Marchbanks

With L and M away, I can do some things I’ve been wanting to do, but without having to consult anyone’s convenience but my own, and one of those things has been going out to do some back-road driving. Continue reading →

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Fandangling

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Marchbanks

Somehow or another, we’ve decided to go to Albany, Texas this weekend to see the Fandangle. Continue reading →

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Indapindnt Cat iz indapindnt

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Marchbanks

M and I drove to Washington yesterday for the Independence Day festival. Continue reading →

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For my non-local readers . . . the local news

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Marchbanks

“Texas Governor’s Mansion burns; arson suspected” Continue reading →

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Headline: Marvin Zindler dies at age 85

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Marchbanks

“It was the best little whorehouse in Texas, until one summer day the professional meddlers and the candy-assed politicians closed ’er down.” Continue reading →

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