On a brisk Sunday, February afternoon, I stepped through a narrow wooden door of this small country church to pay my last respects to my grandmother’s niece. Covid finally claimed someone I personally knew. This church has stood for over a hundred years on the far eastern edge of the Llano Estacado. And it truly…
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The first Texas native wildflower that became ingrained in my memory while working on saving a historic Texas ranch headquarters was a little purple, aster flower. Often it was a single stem flower and sometimes it grew in massive patches. Its growth pattern was correlated with annual rainfall amounts. The purple aster flower in…
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Note: This book review is published in the West Texas Historical Review, Vol 94, 2018, pp. 142-143 Death On The Lonely Llano Estacado is more than just a book about one man’s murder. Author, Bill Neal wove a complicated story of the murder of Jim Jarrott around other murders that seemed to tie all…
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Discovered this tiny chapel in the former Mercy Hospital in Slaton, Texas. Circa – 1951 Photograph – © Christena Stephens Photography
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Forgotten Winds 