Bless the fates that allowed me to discover George Jones and Waylon Jennings duetting on "Good Hearted Woman." https://t.co/7gHpSy4LLE

Turkey pluckers wait for work to start in Brownwood, 1939. Man, plucking turkeys all day, every day, day in, day out .... might be the kind of thing that would have you trying to figure a way out. Taken by Russell Lee.

The research is clear: the future is not “AI everywhere.” The future is “AI integrated through evidence, rights, and human expertise.” AI, Public Infrastructure, and the New Social Contract: Synthesizing Copyright Governance, Health-Economics, and Learning Sciences in the Era of

If you're one of those lazy, slofhful people like me but you still want to make something for your Thanksgiving celebration that will make the eyeballs of your guests/friends/family roll back in their heads, make sopapilla cheesecake. This recipe was taught to me about 20 years

A stagecoach in La Grange, 1865. Simply phenomenal. Courtesy the @TxStHistAssoc .

Traces of Texas reader Jordan Reese graciously shared this image. I liked the image a lot but I LOVED Jordan's caption. Says Jordan: "These are my great-grandparents, Roy Shaefer and Anita Kozelsky. Their story began in 1949 when they met at a lively dance held at a small

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day is deliciously arcane and involves this cannon, which was on the Liberty County courthouse lawn for 20 or so years: After World War I, the U.S. government suddenly found itself sitting on hundreds of captured German artillery pieces. The Army

If you know, you know. Who cares if it's 6:00 A.M. in the morning?😄

Traces of Texas reader Mark Peyton was nice enough to submit this wonderful family photo of the lumber store and post office in Frisco. Mark didn't say when this was taken but it looks to be about 1910 or so. Check out the wooden sidewalk going across the mucky road. That's one

A scene in a parking lot at a Texas A&M football game in 1949. It appears to be the tuba section. I heard it said many times that the people in the tuba section are the biggest partiers in any marching band. Don't know if that's a myth or not.

Traces of Texas reader Mark Peyton was nice enough to submit this wonderful family photo of the lumber store and post office in Frisco. Mark didn't say when this was taken but it looks to be about 1910 or so. Check out the wooden sidewalk going across the mucky road. That's one

Cas Haley's is from Paris, Texas, and his version of "Walking on the Moon" by the Police is pretty righteous. Give it a listen and tell me if you agree. https://t.co/0cJGy5e1Tl

Giant steps are what you take .... in Monahans. One of my own photos, taken in 2014, I think.

Traces of Texas reader Roger Cooner's parents were huge fans of the Aggies and attended the 1950 Texas-Texas A&M game at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. Roger found this program among their mementos. Is it just me or is some of the art on these old programs not fantastic?

Loading grapefruit in Weslaco, 1939. The physical labor it takes to feed a nation. Five days later, somebody in New York City bought one of these grapefruits, probably giving no thought to those who got it from the earth to the truck. I'm thankful for those who get down on their

Traces of Texas reader Donna Nelson graciously shared these two photos The first, taken in 1950, shows Donna's mom, Sammie Jo Listenbee, as a Weatherford High School Kangaroo cheerleader in 1950. The second shows her megaphone and letterman's jacket as they appear today, 75 years

The Highland Park Theater in San Antonio, 1937. It was built in 1928 and located at 1833 South Hackberry street. It was still operating in 1955. Not sure when it was torn down, but possibly when I-10 came through. Looks like a nice, comfortable place in 1937. The kids with the

This is the Ozark Trail obelisk on the courthouse grounds in Wellington, Texas. It marks a long-gone era when the Ozark Trail was the main way folks got around these parts. Long before the federal highway system existed, the Ozark Trails Association laid out a network of locally

Traces of Texas reader Angie Bownds was so kind as to send in this nifty snapshot of two little buckaroos ---- her husband and his twin brother. This was taken in 1959 in Odem, Texas. Odem is in San Patricio County, roughly 15 miles northwest of Corpus Christi. Thank you, Angie.

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: 188 years ago today, on Nov. 25, 1837, the steamship "Columbia" arrived in Galveston as part of Charles Morgan's shipping fleet. The occasion marked the beginning of scheduled steamship travel in the Gulf of Mexico. By 1860, the Morgan Line had

Stevie Ray Vaughan's main recording and live amplifier is for sale. Just in case y'all were wondering what to get me for Christmas. 😉 https://t.co/TpGokT8doq