Here and there
BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS A LOOK AT HISTORIC PLACES, PEOPLE AND EVENTS
      Here and there in East Texas. • Each holiday, a hay bale north of Bethany, on the Texas-Louisiana line, wishes travelers its good wishes for the season. The last time I was there, the hay bale was celebrating. St. Patrick’s Day. The hay bale, of course, is decorated by the landowner.
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Tales from WannaBea Farm
      Half Cup of Coffee It was harvest time in Nebraska and Irene was helping the neighbors feed the threshing crew. Threshing wheat was back-breaking, hot work and when the crew came in to lunch they were ravenous and looking forward to the homecooked meal they knew was waiting for them. This was a time when fast food was unknown.
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