Category Archives: Texas

The 1939 Community Quilt

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Suzassippi

This quilt recently made a grand reappearance, and is now safely packed ready for transport back to Texas…albeit, not Elbert where it originated. In 1939, a group of women from the Elbert, Texas community pieced this quilt and signed their … Continue reading →

Posted in Elbert, Family, New Deal Administration, Texas, Throckmorton, Work Projects Administration, Works Progress Administration | Tagged , , | 18 Comments

Today’s post is not for the squeamish: The CWA and WPA Sanitary Privy Projects

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Suzassippi

A few days ago, I completed a submission for the Living New Deal project about the state-wide sanitary privies built in Mississippi. Looking at the photographs taken by New Deal Administration photographers, I realized Grandma and Grandpa had one. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Mississippi, New Deal Administration, Texas, Works Progress Administration, Young County | Tagged , , | 17 Comments

Cousin Reunion at Cedar Cove Ranch

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Suzassippi

Cedar Cove Ranch is a resort near Eustace in Henderson County Texas. I grew up and lived half of my life in Texas, and I never heard of Eustace, so you probably have not either. The best way to describe … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Restorative Kindness, Ecosystem, Family, Food and Wine, Texas | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

Things I miss about Texas

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Suzassippi

We crossed over the Louisiana line into Texas Friday night just about sunset–albeit a couple of hours later than intended. Considering this is the first long trip we have taken since my last trip to Texas in fall of 2019, … Continue reading →

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The importance of being flexible

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Suzassippi

The first year I was on faculty at the University, our department chair gave us each a pin like this one. He said he knew it was “cheesy” but he also knew we were embarking on the difficult journey of … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Restorative Kindness, Country Philosophy, Family, Kitchen Remodel, Mississippi, Texas, University of Mississippi | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

The Wreck of the Brazos Bridge

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Suzassippi

While I was searching for information about the Newcastle Variety Store earlier in the week, I ran across the newspaper advertisement of the town lot sales in 1908: the town’s founding. The Perkins Townsite Company of Decatur, Texas ran a … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazos River, Bridges, Family, Historic Downtowns, Texas, Young County | Tagged , | 10 Comments

Cedar trinket box: How Betty got her [name] groove

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Suzassippi

We lived in Newcastle from the time I was 3 until I was 7. I was probably around 5 or 6 when my Grandma took me into the Variety store, and “found” this box with my mother’s name carved in … Continue reading →

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How Frederick Hurten Rhead’s ‘Virginia Rose’ went from Cross Plains, Texas to Taylor, Mississippi: “Thank you, Miss Mozelle”

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Suzassippi

It gets easier, as we get older It gets easier to say, “not today” And it gets easier, as we get older To say, “go away, not today” Willie Nelson, It Gets Easier, 2017 You know what I love most … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Restorative Kindness, Callahan County, Kitchen Remodel, Mississippi, Texas, Vintage dishes | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Yorktown Art Deco shape: Edwin M. Knowles ‘flower pots’

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Suzassippi

I picked up this plate somewhere back in Texas, intrigued by the lovely shape and colorful design. For years, it was displayed on an easel on the buffet. The move to Mississippi took its toll on a lot of things, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Deco, Family, Kitchen Remodel, Mississippi, Modernism, Texas, Vintage dishes, Young County | Tagged , , | 18 Comments

The Souvenir Mystery

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Suzassippi

While clearing out a chest on the screened porch, I ran across this small plaque. It belongs to Randy, and I have seen it frequently over the years. I had never paid it much attention and actually thought it was … Continue reading →

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