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Paradise Found My wife and I recently spent part of a day rummaging around Booked Up in Archer City, Larry McMurtry’s bookstore. The 200,000-volume bookstore south of Wichita Falls would have been one of those best-kept secrets without Jeff Tietz’s article (“A Bookish Paradise,” August 2009 issue). The soft-spoken manager, a persistent purring black and white…

Belle Starr a CorkerI loved your July 2009 article on outlaw Belle Starr (“Bawdy Belle Starr,” Footnotes in Texas History). She possessed such rugged individualism with a minor in femininity. I had not been reading your publication until this article caught my eye. I am hooked now—interesting and informative writing. Thank you.  Espevia Gutierrez, Guadalupe…

Quebe Sisters Story a Thrill It was thrilling to see the cover photo and article on the Quebe sisters in your June 2009 issue. They are doing a fine job of preserving a part of Texas’ music culture. We need more articles on such wholesome, family-oriented influences. I have had the opportunity to hear them…

Honor Texas Heritage I love to read your magazine—lots of fun articles. I would love to see a write-up on Texas dance halls. This is another Texas heritage being brought back to life by Texas Dance Hall Preservation, which has helped restore Sengelmann Hall in Schulenburg. The dance hall was mentioned in your May 2009 issue…

Pottery Abounds In your April 2009 Hit the Road article “Tyler to Marshall,” you say Marshall Pottery is the only company in Texas still producing wheel-thrown utilitarian gray stoneware. That is so untrue! We own Bluebonnet Pottery near Brenham at the entrance to Lake Somerville and have been in business here since 1983. We have…