Thomas was born in 1909 and around 1989 he wrote about his first job, as a fatherless only child, on his mother's farm. He was likely about 8 years old at the time. Burton sometimes let me operate the reaper and binder, which was used to harvest oats, rye, and... Read more →
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October 2013
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10/23/2013
The Best I Ever Had - Compared to What?
A reader asked what made the Alamo Springs Cafe hamburger better than all the rest. That comment will inform my future writing about food. It caused me to realize that I had not, in all cases, done more than to say "just take my word for it". This post will... Read more →
10/16/2013
Horse Teams Putting Up and Feeding Hay
When I signed on to help with harvesting the 2013 hay crop at the Shade Ranch in the Little Missouri grasslands south of Medora, North Dakota, I knew that horse teams were used there and so I had visions that came straight from the pages of Ivan Doig's 1979 memoir,... Read more →
10/09/2013
The Marshall Tucker Bull
There is a farm on the Orangeburg Scarp in South Carolina, that we called ours for 94 years until 1984. And on that farm we had some cows which made necessary a new bull every year or so. In the winter of 1978-'79 we had a dream of getting in... Read more →
10/02/2013
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Desert Wildflowers in Big Bend - April 2015
- Because of extra rain and snow received in the Northern Chihuahua Desert during the winter, the desert wildflower climax this spring is said by some to be a 100 year event. These photos were taken as we entered Big Bend NP from Marathon with the Chisos Mountains in the background; then on the Cattail Falls Trail below the Window, and finally along the River Road from Lajitas to Presidio. Photos by Tom Thom (Canon G11 and iPhone 4S)
2013/02 Big Bend Ranch
- Photos taken in February 2013 while hiking and camping for a few days in Big Bend Ranch State Park near Lajitas, Texas.
