Inspiring Flyers
My daughter, Stella, and I are always excited to read through your publication and make collages [Ode to a Mighty Hunter, April 2025]. This story was especially inspiring for my future entomologist.
Mindy Walker, Jasper-Newton EC | Kirbyville
Honestly, I’m not a bug person. But I do love dragonflies because they don’t stick to me or bite me.
I never realized there were so many different species of them. These photos are incredible!
The close-up of the eyes is kind of scary. But my favorite part was Love on the Wing. They make a perfect heart.
Denise Sims, Bowie-Cass EC | Redwater
Women Airforce Service Pilots assigned to Camp Davis in North Carolina pose in front of a Beechcraft AT-11.
Courtesy Official National WASP WWII Museum, Sweetwater, Texas
Inspiring Flyers, Part II
At 17 my dream was to fly [The WASPs Who Flew Out of Sweetwater, April 2025]. I applied twice for acceptance to the WASPs. I counted the days to hear from them.
It wasn’t to be. To my disappointment they were deactivated. This led me to serve in another form of communications, which continued the rest of my working life.
I will be 99 this year. Thanks for the memories.
Wanda Tackett, United Cooperative Services | Desdemona
Lake of Bluebonnets
Nanny’s Blessing [March 2025] touched my heart. In the 1950s my grandparents turned two acres of their Walker County property into a Texas wildflower field, predominately with Lupinus subcarnosus, the sandyland bluebonnet.
For almost 50 years, those bluebonnets made their property look like a lake, and people often stopped to take photos. To this day the sandyland bluebonnet, with its gentle shade of blue, is my favorite, although, sadly, they seem to be migrating into obscurity.
Jan Lawrence, Sam Houston EC | San Jacinto County
