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The Horns of Texas are Upon You

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Terry Taylor

When you go to Texas, you begin to notice things. Like horns, for instance. Longhorns are the first set of horns you’ll see. Big, husky cows carry them around on their heads, as do burnt orange-clad football players in Austin. … Continue reading →

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Sail Cat Road, Chapter 20

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Sail Cat Road, the sequel to No Good End, continues below. It is being posted tweet-by-tweet daily on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ttaylordude). I will post each chapter here on Ning (in chronological order). For the prequel, please go to:  www.nogoodend.com. Each chapter … Continue reading →

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Seersuckered

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I would have ignored the doorbell. Not my wife. The knife salesman was already in the den before I could express my displeasure. His seersucker suit hung flaccidly in the Texas chill. Who the hell came up with that name … Continue reading →

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Porches In The Rain

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Terry Taylor

The rain came under a ledge of gray clouds. The mountains could not stop it. The Blue Ridge turned a foggy face to the deluge and earned their name in somber hues above us. We sat on the front porch … Continue reading →

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The Light is Different

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Terry Taylor

My wife and I once drove from Fort Worth to Colorado Springs starting at 9 pm, a dumb idea, even for people more stupid than I am. But we did it. We’d driven from college at the University of Alabama … Continue reading →

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Ouch.

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Terry Taylor

A calf is just a small cow, not much bigger than a good-sized dog, but when it hits you in the chest, running full tilt, it hurts like a kick from a pair of size-13 Tony Lamas administered by a … Continue reading →

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“Hey, Y’all, Watch This!”

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Terry Taylor

A group of Bubbas and Bubbettes in Texas are crossways of the law over a little event called “The Texas Redneck Games” about 70 miles south of Dallas (a good place to have such a slap-yo-mama shindig, if my memory … Continue reading →

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JJ and the Texas Big House

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Terry Taylor

The old man slammed the sports section of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram down on the just-wiped table, took off his sweat-stained Resistol, placed it in the seat beside him and settled in with several other breakfast regulars in the cinderblock … Continue reading →

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The meanest horse in Texas

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Terry Taylor

I once worked on several Western wear accounts, Justin Boots and Panhandle Slim PRCA Rodeo apparel among them. We’d shoot for weeks on Texas ranches with real, working cowboys or in rodeo arenas with rodeo cowboys. They are a tough … Continue reading →

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Bark, bark, sting, sting

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Grapevine, TX. Leroy, our shepherd/border collie best friend, was going crazy on the back patio. His intense barking dislodged in me the memory of a big, yellow cat that had stumbled over our stockade fence back in the winter. Leroy … Continue reading →

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