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Window to the Landscape E. Dan Klepper has missed one of life’s little experiences by not traveling [in Big Bend National Park] through the dry creek bed that once led to the Window, a total pleasure [“Lay of the Landscape,” February 2015]. It took us through places where the water was running, and we stepped…

Flying With Lindy Thank you for the story about “Unlucky Lindy” in your February 2015 issue. It was especially interesting for me because my dad, Homer Fitzgerald, was a teen when Lindbergh stayed in their family hotel/home for a number of days until the plane was repaired. Lindbergh even gave my dad a short plane…

Long Live the Flatlanders I enjoyed the brilliant article about an extraordinary group [“The Flatlanders: Now It’s Now Again,” December 2014]. I saw them perform several times, at the Galveston Mardi Gras and at the Houston International Festival. Relatives in Germany first raved about them. I am playing “One Endless Night” right now. Ursula Sluis…

Heaven Scent We have a recommendation for the recipe section of the magazine: Scratch and sniff with each picture. Can’t wait to try the pecan recipes [“2014 Holiday Recipe Contest,” December 2014]. Lynn Morgan | Gainesville Cooke County ECA   You Better Watch Out Thanks for the article “Naughty Santa” [December 2014]. In 1927, my…

A Family Heirloom Madstone I enjoyed the article about madstones [“Deer Camp Folk Medicine,” November 2014]. I have a madstone that was passed to me by my mother. A friend gave it to her in 1963. He told her the treasured madstone had been in his family since the mid-1800s. It is shaped like an…