Essays From Texas

Essays from Texas is Moving to Word Press

2010-03-17T10:20:00.000-05:00

I am moving Essays from Texas to a new blog host. Please update the address to Essays from Texas to http://essaysfromtexas.wordpress.com . Many thanks. LWK

Scenes from the airport

2010-03-17T09:27:00.000-05:00

While you usually don't want to see storm clouds closing in on the runway just before you're supposed to take off, this particular storm provided a spectacular view at the Preston Smith International Airport in Lubbock last week. I've said many times that the sunsets in West Texas make all the windy/blowing dust/nasty days that often occur in the spring seem worthwhile.

California and back

2010-03-08T11:27:00.000-06:00

While in Anaheim, California last week, I enjoyed the lovely West Coast weather... but only while I was walking between hotels and the convention center. Snow-capped mountains in the distance and palm trees were taunting me the whole time as I went from meeting to reception to dinner to meeting. The red carpet of Oscar night was just 20 miles from where I was staying. Disneyland was just

Texas Independence Day

2010-03-02T14:10:00.000-06:00

Today is an important day in the history of the Lone Star State - Texas Independence Day. Rather than rambling about my own thoughts about the day, I'm going to refer you to a great blog by someone who has had a big influence on my photographic eye and is a Texan in the truest sense. The blog is written by Wyman Meinzer, who is the official photographer for the state of Texas. Yes, Texas has its

Headed to the OC

2010-03-02T13:49:00.000-06:00

My travels are taking me to Anaheim, California this week for Commodity Classic. (You may recall previous postings from Classics in Nashville in '08 and Grapevine in '09. Oh, wait...I wasn't keeping a blog when it was in Nashville. Nevermind.) Currently, I'm stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico and enduring a four hour layover. My flight will leave here, make a brief stop in Phoenix, then

Where is Lubbock, Texas?

2010-02-26T09:46:00.000-06:00

Living in a town of just over 200,000 people out in the middle of the Llano Estacado, I'm often reminded of how far away Lubbock, Texas is from other places, and yet how close it is to other places. Lubbock is at an elevation of 3,256 feet above sea level. That can be hard to believe considering it's flatter than a pancake on top of the Caprock, but we are also just a few hundred miles east of

Visitors

2010-02-17T14:39:00.000-06:00

Some visitors from the east made their way to Lubbock despite the curve balls Mother Nature kept throwing in their way. Nearly a foot of snow in Dallas prevented my mom and dad from getting here on Thursday, as it was originally planned. But, thanks to good customer service from Southwest Airlines, they arrived safely on Friday. The weather wasn't the only curve ball thrown during their visit. We

Deer Tracks

2010-02-08T11:01:00.000-06:00

On the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River, wildlife tracks are everywhere. Feral hogs are about to take over. There are deer with bigger bodies than the cattle that graze the winter wheat pastures. Coyotes, a few bobcats, and turkeys also roam the rough country that has been invaded by the water-sucking salt cedar tree. I saw a mule deer for the first time in person, and it was so big I

Rain. freezing Rain. Sleet. Snow.

2010-01-28T11:45:00.008-06:00

(Frozen flag)The rain started falling very early this morning. Byron had to catch a flight at 6:50am, so we were up plenty early. Surprisingly, his flight wasn't even delayed. It would, however, be the last flight out of Lubbock's Preston Smith International Airport. All flights have been cancelled for the day.By the time I went to work at 7:45am, it as still raining very hard. In true Lubbock

Thunder, Lightning and Ice

2010-01-28T09:27:00.002-06:00

The big winter storm has arrived in West Texas. It has been raining cats and dogs here in Lubbock all morning as the temperature continues to sink.The roads are covered in water and the wind is howling with the occasional rumble of thunder. Most points north of Lubbock (Happy, Tulia, Plainview, Amarillo) are icy or getting snow. Ice is forming on trees, tumbleweeds and overpasses in the LBK.

Peanut Butter for Haiti

2010-01-27T08:43:00.005-06:00

The Texas Peanut Producers Board is in the news again. The peanut industry came together following the earthquake in Haiti to raise money to purchase peanut butter to send to those in need.So far, $94,000 has been raised and 170,000 pounds of peanut butter has been shipped to Haiti - that's nearly 2.5 million servings of yummy, high protein, high energy peanut butter. This morning's Lubbock

Cooking with Lindsay

2010-01-19T08:52:00.005-06:00