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These Guys Rock! We really enjoy our Texas Co-op Power magazine. I even give a copy to my sister in Texas City. She enjoys the recipes most! I’m mostly writing to recognize some of our Houston County Electric Cooperative guys. All we have met are courteous, helpful and nice. On Sunday, May 16, we had…

Tesla: First Out of the Box?  I always look forward to receiving your interesting magazine that covers many different subjects. The May 2010 article “Plugging in, Hitting the Road” just might not be out-of-the-box thinking. In 1931, Nikola Tesla took a gasoline engine from a new Pierce-Arrow automobile and replaced it with an 80-horsepower, 1,800-rpm…

Aquarena Memories Your article “Exploring the Depths” (April 2010, about the former Aquarena Springs theme park and current Aquarena Center) brought back some wonderful childhood memories. Our family vacationed in the Texas Hill Country one summer during the early ’60s and spent a day at Aquarena Springs. We attended the show in the submersible theater and…

Melding the Vintage and the Modern The March 2010 edition of Texas Co-op Power, which featured the cover story “Seeds of Change: Farmer Finds Niche,” was especially meaningful to me. A Texas farmer with soil on his hands wearing jeans, a denim shirt, a gimme cap … and a cell phone. Just like with electrification…

Turkey Feather DanceOn an occasion when I was playing and flopping (dancing with) turkey feathers, my mother inquired what I was representing. I pointed to a large (Texas Centennial) poster plastered on the side of the neighboring garage and replied “I am Sally Rand,” as there she was portrayed with all her beautiful feather fans…