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7 of Our Favorite Outdoor Moments of 2014
Today has been devoted to packing up Christmas decorations, writing thank you notes, and watching Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. For the first time in a month, I can see the flat surfaces…
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The Place to Go for a Breath of Fresh Air in San Antonio
What’s the point of exercise at Christmas? Burning off a fraction of what you just ate so you can develop an appetite for the next meal, right? I try to be good, but…
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How to Get Deer Meat Processed
So you have shot the deer…yay! Woo hoo! But now what? You need to field dress (remove the insides) and quarter the deer shortly after harvesting and get it into a refrigerated container.…
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Venison Sausage Soup Perfect for a Winter’s Day
Tonight I made venison sausage soup with the deer Brandon and I harvested this October in Goldthwaite and it turned out to be simply divine. One of my favorite ways to prepare venison…
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Buffalo Style Dove
Wrap it in bacon and throw it on the grill — this is the Texas way to cook dove. It’s such a tradition, it might as well be the law. It was the…
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Review: Mother Neff State Park
Mother Neff State Park is where I found myself last weekend on a camping adventure at the end of a frenzied work week. I use the word “adventure” because discovering item after item…
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My Husband’s First Hunt
I must admit, I never thought I would marry a man who hadn’t ever been hunting. Not that I was opposed to dating someone who had never hunted, it’s just that during my…
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Devil’s in the Details
Sometimes the devil is in the details. This past weekend, the details snuck up on me. Like I mentioned last week, the past two weeks have been busy at work. Two major events…
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Packing List: Mini Camping Trip
Saturday we’re going on a mini-camping trip at Mother Neff State Park, the first state park in Texas. Mother Neff was the mother of one of our former Governors and donated her family…
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Packin’ Heat and Pickin’ Melons
This past Sunday, I took Brandon to see our family farm near Dilley, Texas, where my mother grew up and where I spent a good part of my childhood. The farm has been…
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