What We Call Ourselves
Here in Kerr County we enjoy calling ourselves Center Pointers, Kerrvillians, Ingramites, Hunters and Mountain Homies [Vegan Panhandlers, July 2024].
Lynette Waldrep, Central Texas EC | Mountain Home
What are folks in my town called? Little Elmites? Little Elmians? A quick search lends the most validity to Little Elmers. Whimsical and a bit silly. I think Mr. Strong would approve.
Carrie Binns, CoServ | Little Elm
I live in Fischer and my name is Peter, so I like to call myself a Fischerman.
Peter Locke, Pedernales EC | Fischer
You omitted one obvious city that doesn’t fit your demonym paradigm: Mesquite. People from Mesquite are referred to as Skeeters.
Ed Girard, HILCO EC | Hillsboro
One night during dinner when I lived in Oklahoma, the local weatherman referred to the people of Moore as Morons. I’ll never forget it. I choked and spit food everywhere.
We never saw that young man on TV again.
Donna Allon, Bluebonnet EC | “A Bastropian”
Felton Cochran’s store is clutter comfortable, with a collection that seems as vast as his beloved state.
Dave Shafer
Literary Menu
We stumbled across the Cactus Book Shop while looking for a restaurant 20 years ago [Texas Book Man, July 2024]. We found books by Paul Patterson, John Erickson, Elmer Kelton and others. Forgot about lunch and bought a first edition of Crazy Women in the Rafters, which I loaned to a friend and never saw again.
Now I’m going to call Felton Cochran and see if I can get another copy of that lost masterpiece.
J. Phil Dering, Pedernales EC | San Marcos
Adding Character
Michael Ford’s art certainly adds real character and beauty to our roads [Overpass Easels, May 2024].
Gary Lawson, Fannin EC | Blue Ridge
A Quilter’s Lament
Sadly there are fewer and fewer quilters to carry on this art form [The Fabric of Life, May 2024].
It is said that the definition of insanity is taking yards of fabric and cutting them into tiny pieces, only to sew them together again. Quilters are insanely creative and loving.
Debbie Pierce, Rusk County EC | Carthage
