TexasHistoryLessons-Michael Sparkman
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Texas history from different perspectives.
texashistorylessons.com
Created by Michael Sparkman
texashistorylessons.com
Created by Michael Sparkman
Laredo by James McMurtry. Check it out.
June 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Laredo by James McMurtry. Check it out.
How do I respond to this? I like to hear about what I get wrong with suggestions on how to improve—but this does nothing.
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
How do I respond to this? I like to hear about what I get wrong with suggestions on how to improve—but this does nothing.
Coming soon: Texas History Lessons + Classic Texas Books in print, e-book and audio versions (with notes, essays and very affordable prices) = Texas History Library.
January 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Coming soon: Texas History Lessons + Classic Texas Books in print, e-book and audio versions (with notes, essays and very affordable prices) = Texas History Library.
“It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,
I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence,
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd…” Walt Whitman
I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence,
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd…” Walt Whitman
December 24, 2024 at 7:33 AM
“It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,
I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence,
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd…” Walt Whitman
I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence,
Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,
Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd…” Walt Whitman
Breakfast dinner and supper
December 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Breakfast dinner and supper
Today
December 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Today
Tonight
December 19, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Tonight
I am loving this new novel by Derrick G. Jeter. I hope to finish it this weekend.
December 14, 2024 at 1:33 AM
I am loving this new novel by Derrick G. Jeter. I hope to finish it this weekend.
I said 3 or 4. Then I decided to make a list. And…I was way off.
December 13, 2024 at 3:45 AM
I said 3 or 4. Then I decided to make a list. And…I was way off.
I have at least 3 or 4 projects that I’ve been working on for about a year or more and, of course, I just started a new one: The Raven in the Lion’s Den - Houston and His Enemies.
December 13, 2024 at 3:04 AM
I have at least 3 or 4 projects that I’ve been working on for about a year or more and, of course, I just started a new one: The Raven in the Lion’s Den - Houston and His Enemies.
Robert Julian Onderonk, Bluebonnet Scene 2, Date Unknown
December 11, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Robert Julian Onderonk, Bluebonnet Scene 2, Date Unknown
Drizzling rain December morning
December 4, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Drizzling rain December morning
“Amid the masses' frenzy
Participation In this massive
Separation
Appearance is everything
Nothing is how it seems And civilized society
Is calm civility
I'm the phantom of the opera
Singing beauty and at ease” — Vic Chesnutt
Participation In this massive
Separation
Appearance is everything
Nothing is how it seems And civilized society
Is calm civility
I'm the phantom of the opera
Singing beauty and at ease” — Vic Chesnutt
November 29, 2024 at 7:11 AM
“Amid the masses' frenzy
Participation In this massive
Separation
Appearance is everything
Nothing is how it seems And civilized society
Is calm civility
I'm the phantom of the opera
Singing beauty and at ease” — Vic Chesnutt
Participation In this massive
Separation
Appearance is everything
Nothing is how it seems And civilized society
Is calm civility
I'm the phantom of the opera
Singing beauty and at ease” — Vic Chesnutt
Another day, another regret, another reason to be thankful for another day. Why did I wait all these years to finally start reading the works of Mary Ann Evans—aka George Eliot?
November 28, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Another day, another regret, another reason to be thankful for another day. Why did I wait all these years to finally start reading the works of Mary Ann Evans—aka George Eliot?
I just finished recording the next two episodes. Combined they are my experimental look at 1836 with context and perspective. It’s far from perfect but so am I.
November 24, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I just finished recording the next two episodes. Combined they are my experimental look at 1836 with context and perspective. It’s far from perfect but so am I.
I’m excited to finally start reading the work of Fernand Braudel—beginning with Memory and the Mediterranean.
November 22, 2024 at 2:48 AM
I’m excited to finally start reading the work of Fernand Braudel—beginning with Memory and the Mediterranean.
The era of the dead computer is over. It’s been weeks without one but I finally convinced myself to upgrade. Long live my new computer. I just need to get my software set up and then it is time to get some episodes recorded.
November 19, 2024 at 1:21 AM
The era of the dead computer is over. It’s been weeks without one but I finally convinced myself to upgrade. Long live my new computer. I just need to get my software set up and then it is time to get some episodes recorded.
In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of fear under men's reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations gone before can stretch like a lifeline across the scary present. JOHN DOS PASSOS
November 18, 2024 at 12:32 AM
In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of fear under men's reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations gone before can stretch like a lifeline across the scary present. JOHN DOS PASSOS
Apparently the site of Sam Houston and Diana Rogers trading post, Wigwam Neosho, is an RV park now. At least the historical marker is near one. Still trying to pinpoint the location. I have a lot of research to do. Guidance to sources are always welcome.
November 13, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Apparently the site of Sam Houston and Diana Rogers trading post, Wigwam Neosho, is an RV park now. At least the historical marker is near one. Still trying to pinpoint the location. I have a lot of research to do. Guidance to sources are always welcome.