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Her Abilene What a pleasure to read two articles about my birthplace and home for many years, Abilene (“Abilene My Abilene,” April 2007). It was wonderful to see the pictures of the restored downtown and so many places so familiar to me. Thanks for the memories. Ann Black, Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative   Don’t Forget Frontier…

Birding Articles Are Keepers I want to thank you very much for the well-done features on hummingbirds (March 2007). I also appreciated the hummingbird guide and the extreme birding article. Your issue will remind me to prepare for the hummingbirds’ return. I will keep this issue to refer back to. Mona Cardin, San Marcos  …

Bursting Our Bulb Regarding your January “Power Talk” item about the light bulb that has burned for 98 years. As a WBAP news reporter and later cameraman for WBAP-TV, I filmed stories on the “eternal light bulb” twice. In 1977, when the Palace Theater in Fort Worth was torn down, the light was turned off….

Keep Stars Bright I enjoyed your January Footnotes in Texas History article about the “The stars at night, are big and bright …”! I’d like to challenge the electric cooperatives—especially the ones in the high rural growth areas, to consider making it a policy to offer members ONLY outdoor lighting that is shaded in ways…

Why Hunt? We are dog lovers and appreciated the December story by Andrew Sansom about the loss and reclamation of his Lab, Scout. But I must ask a volatile question—volatile certainly in Texas: How do people take joy in killing fowl or mammalian life? I understand the joy in watching one’s dog “do her thing,”…