Texas Archive

  • 18 Psaltery & Lyre: Aaron Michael Kline, “Texas Bamboo Summer”

    Posted on October 4, 2012 | 2 Comments
    "I'd thought bamboo / was a symbol of peace, but my young / cousins proved me wrong . . ."

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  • Sunday Afternoon Drive

    Posted on April 1, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Here’s a twist on our usual Ride to Church.   These pictures were taken at a nearby drive-thru animal safari by Rhonda Nasuta Swanson, an amazing photographer. You can see more of her work at her website and here. I saw these pictures on her […]

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  • Church Walk/Ride in Austin, Texas

    Posted on September 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
    We recently took a family trip to Austin, Texas. Oddly, I have spent nearly 30 years living in Texas and have only been to Austin once, to visit a BYU roommate en route back to BYU. So we headed out on a Wednesday and spent […]

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  • A Ride to Church – Nacogdoches

    Posted on February 13, 2011 | 9 Comments
    We moved to Nacogdoches (pronounced Nac-a-do-ches), a small town of 30,000, in 2008.   On your way into town, a big billboard proudly announces that Nacogdoches is “the oldest town in Texas.”   [I’m not sure what this means–does it means it’s the oldest white […]

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