A Lifelong Hero
Brig. Gen. George “Bud” Day made me to want to be a pilot growing up, but I did not have the eyesight for it [Home of the Brave, March 2025].
Arthur Richard Troell III | Via Facebook
As an Army lieutenant, I was charged with researching and commissioning a series of paintings showing the actions of the Medal of Honor recipients from South Carolina. It was my privilege to talk directly with some of the honorees or with their families. It was an honor I won’t forget.
Ed Rowland, CECA | Eastland
Return of the Bluebonnets
Nanny’s Blessing [March 2025] struck me, as the same miracle happened to me. Our ranch was destroyed by the Eastland Complex Fire three years ago. By a divine hand, bluebonnets returned where the house once stood the following year when there were none for at least 15 years.
Bill Dakin, CECA | Eastland County
Sancho’s Long Reach
I enjoyed the J. Frank Dobie tale of the tamale-loving longhorn [Sancho’s Long Road, March 2025]. It took me back to my childhood when Walt Disney took the story and made it an episode of his long-running Sunday night TV show. It was about Texas, so I had to watch it.
Michael Bolton, CoServ | Little Elm
The swirl of skirts and smiles that is square dancing at the Brazos County Expo Complex in Bryan.
Dave Shafer
Dancing Memories
I would like to see an article about polka and waltz music/dancing/bands being handed down through the generations [It’s Hip To Be a Square, February 2025].
These bands play at church picnics, festivals, old dance halls—you name it—almost the whole year in south Central Texas. I learned to dance to Joe Patek in Shiner.
Del Jean (Leck) Bauer, GVEC | La Vernia
