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Jun 27, 20224 min read
Tough part about moving is waiting to move
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin Here I sit in our house on the San Bernard, surrounded by our lives in pieces. Some pieces are packed...
Jun 14, 20223 min read
Jan is moving to higher ground, but her columns continue
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin I’ve been lucky enough to write this column (along with my husband, Roy) for a couple of years now....
May 23, 20224 min read
Stranger things: Are my dogs talking to dolphins?
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin I grew up watching “Flipper”, and I used to think how very cool it would be to have a dolphin as a pet;...
May 16, 20223 min read
I’ve survived twice being drawn inside a rogue wave
By Roy Edwards The Bulletin Over the last couple of years, I have shared with you some of my adventures on Texas, lakes, bays, and...
May 10, 20224 min read
Fish story: Landing the elusive Dorado
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin Recently, I was looking through some old posts from July 2016 and came upon my post about catching my...
May 3, 20223 min read
Reader’s call, found notebook revive historical novel efforts
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin Recently, I got a note from one of the Bulletin’s readers in Alvin, Gerry McKee, who wanted to talk...
Apr 25, 20223 min read
San Bernard opens wide as spring shows its true colors
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin Spring is different this year; so many things are changing around the lower San Bernard River. At...
Apr 19, 20224 min read
Lake Caddo’s history, beauty, beaver
By Roy Edwards The Bulletin Back when I was Commodore of the Houston Canoe Club, we planned an Easter time multi-day weekend camping and...
Apr 12, 20223 min read
Why I went new car shopping, and what I found when I got there
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin I hope you don’t need to buy a new car these days because it’s not like any experience you have ever...
Apr 5, 20225 min read
Fish tales: How we tackled the Sargent Beach Surf Monster
By Roy Edwards The Bulletin In the 1980s, Billy Rogers and I had access to one of the few beach houses located east of the swing bridge...
Mar 29, 20223 min read
How I managed to kiss the Blarney Stone
By Janice E. Edwards The Bulletin The last big trip I took when I was single was to Ireland. I went with an Emerald Tours group - a...
Mar 21, 20224 min read
Fun times fishing, until ‘cow patties’ showed up
By Roy Edwards The Bulletin When I was much younger, one of my favorite activities was flounder gigging. It is the best of hunting and...
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Photographs rekindle memories of good times gone by
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin When Roy and I moved to the San Bernard River in 2004, we were a newly retired couple. Instead of...
Mar 8, 20223 min read
I’ve had enough Gulf Coast winter, ready for spring
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin Spring is coming, but as I write this at the end of February, Old Man Winter still has some tricks up...
Feb 28, 20223 min read
The Union Army came all the way to Cedar Lake to destroy a valuable commodity – salt
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin Salt was very important during the Civil War, so what happened at the Cedar Lake Salt Works had a...
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Remnants of Cedar Lake Salt Works faded; historical marker disappeared
By Jan Edwards The Bulletin The recent cold, blustery weather led me to stay inside more and read stories I had written some time ago...
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Charlie Pride liked to cook up some sweet-and-sour baked beans
By Jan Edwards The Bulletin As the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo enters its 90th anniversary, I’ve been looking at more of the recipes...
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