Came home yesterday and saw my purple bearded iris had bloomed. My heart smiled. This set of irises came from a patch in Foard County, Texas. Purple irises were planted long ago by the wives of early ranchers and farmers, especially those of Dutch or German descendant living here in Texas. My own great great,…
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As I turned a yellowed newspaper page, immediately the words “Brutal Murders” caught my eye and were emblazoned across a top headline of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche-Journal on October 27, 1943. It was like I froze in time. Then the photo below the headline of two little girls grabbed my attention immediately and became engrained…
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Lubbock’s Hidden Economic Gem By: Christena Stephens There are many hidden gems in Lubbock’s unique history; one of these is how people developed businesses. This is the story of one. Urban growth and development came late to the South Plains because this region of Texas was the last settled. When Lubbock became organized in 1909,…
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My friend June and I were told by the tour guide this was the women’s holding cell on the second floor of the Brown County Jailhouse in Texas. I took two steps into the room and knew. Knew that death had occurred in this room. There is an unknown unseen presence of someone who died…
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Forgotten Winds 