Pull Tight

Attended a talk by Lisa Ling tonight at UTA.  Very interesting and informative lecture mostly about her life in journalism,  womens' issues and her observations during travels over the world.   Made you think about how little we know in America of other cultures.  Even those of us who have had a chance to travel, rarely immerse ourselves in the cultures of our destinations more than very superficially.

Saw performances of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel at Bass Hall by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.  Enjoyed all.  Although, have listened to Ravel's Bolero many times, had never seen it performed.   As a non-musician this is one of my favorites and seeing it performed it became apparent why.  Not being a musician, it is difficult for me to pick out the different instrument sounds.  Bolero has many solo performances within the piece.  And, seeing it performed, you could see the exact musician and instrument for each of these.  All in all, a very well spent afternoon.

Perhaps this should be called fiction and because the only name remembered isn't mentioned, it may well be. My son and I recently participated in an organized bicycle ride out of the small town of Glen Rose, TX near where I grew up.  This ride coincided with the first annual moonshine festival in Somerville County of which Glen Rose is the county seat.  Up until about 1970 the county was dry.  The area is infamous for moonshiners during and after prohibition and had many bootlegging operations up until finally voting wet.  I remembered this story as we visited the town square after the bike ride.  It was told to me by someone who died many years ago.  This particular night was probably sometime in the late 40s or early 50s.  Recalled here in 1st person as it was told to me......... We were all sitting around the square drinking one Saturday night with the sheriff.  About 10:30 we ran out of booze.  The sheriff said "What is this world c...

Found this guy crawling around some potted plants today.