You Never Know What You’ll Come Across
Loved the pics of animals at the rehab center, especially the cross-eyed opossum [Giving a Hoot, February 2026]. And the artwork by Pete Lloyd was beautiful [What Love Looks Like, February 2026].
Sandy Keogh, Pedernales EC | Canyon Lake
Noble Deeds
Big thanks to Martha Deeringer and Tiffany Hofeldt for the informative and interesting article on wildlife rehabbers: such noble and generous volunteers [Giving a Hoot, February 2026].
Lee Turner, MidSouth EC | Montgomery
Setting the Record Straight
President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not sign an executive order integrating the armed forces [Currents, February 2026]. While he signed Executive Order 8802 in 1941 to prohibit racial discrimination in the defense industry, he upheld segregation within the military.
The desegregation of the armed forces was achieved later, by President Harry S. Truman via Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948.
Don F. Davison, Central Texas EC | Fredericksburg
Chet grabs a prime parking spot at John T. Floore’s Country Store.
Courtesy Chet Garner
Floored by Willie
In 1974 I was a young lieutenant in San Antonio. A friend suggested that we go out to John T. Floore’s Country Store because a guy named Willie Nelson was playing [Honky-Tonk Heaven, February 2026].
For three hours Willie and his band never left the stage. When the band would take a short break, they would just pass a bottle of whiskey around. I’ve been a Willie fan for over 50 years.
Joe Kreimborg, CoServ | Highland Village
A colorized postcard from the early 1900s shows barracks at Fort McIntosh in Laredo.
Courtesy Laredo Public Library
Road Trip
My old high school boyfriend lived in an old Army house on Fort McIntosh back in the 1960s, and I also took a couple of classes at Laredo Junior College one summer [From Posts to Pillars, February 2026].
An interesting trip would be to visit each of those old Rio Grande forts.
Sheri Sweet, Bluebonnet EC and Central Texas EC | Lexington and Fredericksburg
