by Elaine Thomas | Mar 10, 2023 | Old Times, Rural Life, Rural Texas, Saving Stories
Jimmy Helms is the old philosopher of New Dubina, Texas. He’s also his rustic little town’s sheriff, mayor, dentist, postmaster, banker, cobbler, bartender, preacher, teacher, etc. As the 84-year-old retired Houston dentist makes the rounds at his 1857-1900-era...
by Elaine Thomas | Feb 17, 2023 | Family, Old Times, Saving Stories, Western Canada
In late March, my siblings and I will bid farewell to the farm where we were raised. Our pristine 160-acre property south of Calgary, Alberta, is going on the auction block. However, the memories we share will endure. May I share some favorites with you? In the...
by Elaine Thomas | Dec 9, 2022 | Old Times, Saving Stories
Thanks to technology, Santa is watching the goings-on at his cozy little namesake museum in Columbus, Texas. There, on display, are several thousand eye-catching likenesses of the jolly old elf lovingly collected from all over the world. Come along and I’ll give you a...
by Elaine Thomas | Nov 18, 2022 | Family, Rural Life, Saving Stories
Trudy Thomas is the name, and savoring security is my game. Last November, when I was a seven-month-old kitten, my three siblings and I were abandoned on a deserted lane in rural Texas several weeks before Thanksgiving. For a couple of hours, it was fun playing in an...
by Elaine Thomas | Nov 4, 2022 | Old Times, Saving Stories, World War II
On Nov. 11, please join me in paying tribute to World War II veteran Audrey Beyer Jones of Corpus Christi, Texas. This 101-year-old native of Madison, Wisconsin, stepped on France soil as a nurse with the 12th Evacuation Hospital about eight weeks after D-Day on June...
by Elaine Thomas | Oct 21, 2022 | Old Times, Rural Life, Rural Texas, Saving Stories
Cypress, Texas, reviewer K Leonard calls Stories I’ve Been Told – Volume 2 inspiring. She writes, “Masterful storyteller Elaine Thomas leaves you feeling like you have been sitting on the front porch or at the kitchen table hearing firsthand the life stories of...
