Upcoming public talks
October 7 – Sachse Cemetery Celebration of Souls Topic: Cemetery Tour and discussion of founding folks (Last year these tours were at 6, [...]
Campfire Tales, 2022
This Saturday, October 22! Campfire Tales, 2022. All new tales. This Saturday, the 22nd: Local Legends and Lore Next Saturday, the 29th: Bootlegging [...]
Sachse Cemetery Tour Success
The Sachse Celebration of Souls event which included a hayride through the cemetery was a huge success! Thanks for inviting me! Keep your [...]
Sachse Cemetery Tours!
Me in a cemetery, tonight! Hayride tours of the Sachse Cemetery, next door to the Sachse Historical Socity tonight at 6, 6:30 and [...]
Travels in History, Elisabet Ney, Part III
Elisabet Ney, our intrepid sculptor from (what we now call) west Germany, raised a lot of eyebrows in her time. Reminder that 'her [...]
Travels in History, Elisabet Ney, Part II
Elisabet Ney - Austinite late in life, sculptor to the rich and famous, including King Ludwig II. Not up on your Bavarian/German/Prussian history? [...]
Weekend Travels in History – Elisabet Ney
Y'all know I love to discuss the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Mainly because of serial killer H H Holmes and his connection [...]
Long walks
Please meet the new company mascot - Charlotte, the 10 year old boxer pit. She came from the wonderful people at the Mesquite [...]
Died today – January 11th
Domenico Ghirlandaio died today in January 1494 . His name isn't quite as familiar as many other Renaissance artists today. But, he was [...]
Early Dallas ‘Photographer’
Francois Ignace (Adolphe) Gouhenant (1804-1871) had one of the earliest businesses on the Dallas courthouse square. He opened the Art Saloon where he [...]