There is a 19-story Cross located next to Interstate 40 (formerly U.S. Route 66.)  This free-standing Cross can be seen from about twenty miles away on the Texas plain and surrounding its base are life-sized statues of the Stations of the Cross. Kyle and I were driving across Texas, en route to Tulsa to drop off…

It was breezy and a bit chilly when we started down the path to the second, and larger of the two lighthouses along the Mendocino Coastline. I was feeling somewhat disappointed that the weather was not cooperating with the three of us and our little weekend vacation. We trooped on anyway — making it out…

They are jus’ a mile or so north of DeMartins Beach, along Highway 101. They are known locally as “The Devil’s Footsteps.” I have no idea where the name came from or why, unfortunately — but vaguely suspect it is from the area’s Native Americans — who used to reside along the rocky coastline —…

It was a “boy’s weekend,” meaning Kyle and I were on the road enjoying ourselves. We decided to stop so I could talk a few pictures of a herd of elk resting in a pasture area jus’ of Highway 101. That’s where Kyle made friends with a juvenile horse. I had jus’ snapped their picture…

The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens are located on 47 acres and offers everything from colorful floral displays to crashing waves. The weather makes it a garden worth visiting year-round. It includes formal gardens, a coastal pine forest, native flora and habitats, fern-covered canyons, camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias and conifers, heaths and heathers, and coastal bluffs overlooking the ocean. In…

First off, I’m not a ghost-hunter, a paranormal investigator, a medium or a sensitive — but I have seen a few unusual things from time-to-time. Call it imagination or call it supernatural — I’m not in the business of explaining these thing — I’m jus’ telling of what I observed and how I responded. To preface…

The rumor started with the senator’s aide telling a newspaper reporter they were “keeping him on ice.” And like many rumors, it became more interesting than the truth. Key Pittman was playing cards with friends the night before elections when he fell ill. A doctor was brought to his room at the Riverside Hotel and…

Of all the things he did in his life, my old man seems most proud of saving a group of children from a run-away vehicle. When he died in 1995 — I located his Air Force commendation medal and had it buried with him. I thought it only fitting.

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Prep: 40 minutes Bake: 20 minutes Cool: 1 hour Oven: 400°F 6 servings 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons sugar 11/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional) ¼ cup butter or margarine 6 cups peach slices 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 egg 1/4 cup milk 1. Preheat oven…