Comments on: about thirty year’s ago http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/03/28/about-thirty-years-ago/ Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: PM Summer http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/03/28/about-thirty-years-ago/#comment-2424 PM Summer Sat, 09 Apr 2005 04:18:04 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/03/28/about-thirty-years-ago/#comment-2424 While going to school in San Francisco in 1970, I discovered that people thought I was from Northern California because of my TV-bred accent (or lack thereof), in spite of having lived all my life in North Texas, with more than a few of those years working on a true ranch-ette in Grayson County. I called my Dad, and asked him to send me some of his favorite Western Music... and a pair of Acme Roughout cowboy boots. I had to move to the Bay Area to discover (develop) my hardscrabble-texas roots... and appreciation for same. While going to school in San Francisco in 1970, I discovered that
people thought I was from Northern California because of my TV-bred accent
(or lack thereof), in spite of having lived all my life in North Texas,
with more than a few of those years working on a true ranch-ette in
Grayson County.

I called my Dad, and asked him to send me some of his favorite Western
Music… and a pair of Acme Roughout cowboy boots.

I had to move to the Bay Area to discover (develop) my
hardscrabble-texas roots… and appreciation for same.

]]> By: mary lou http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/03/28/about-thirty-years-ago/#comment-2404 mary lou Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/03/28/about-thirty-years-ago/#comment-2404 SCORE!!!! :) SCORE!!!! :)

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