Mary Jane Farmer, First printed in The Paris News From playing music on his pickup’s tailgate to traveling in a big-time bus, Cody Johnson just keeps moving on up. First, he took Texas like a storm, and now he’s traveling coast to coast, more like a Texas tornado, except that, unlike a tornado, he’s only […]
Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town For the next several months, drivers going north on U.S. 75, to Sherman, should plan for the possibilities of delays, because TxDOT is beginning work on a project they call ‘ramp reversals.’ Texas Department of Transportation officials announced Thursday that work begins this week on ramp reversals on U.S. […]
Story and photo by Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town It’s that time of the year again — the time to celebrate the Christmas season with family and friends, time to listen to bells jingling and carolers singing, and feel that tingling when Christmas tree lights are turned on for the first time. A group […]
Story by Mary Jane Farmer, courtesy photos Van Alstyne was established in 1872, for settlers to be near the railroad stop of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. Eighteen years later, Van Alstyne became incorporated. And it was in 1890-ish that the first of three historic Van Alstyne homes in this year’s Van Alstyne Friends of […]
First printed in Paris Life Magazine, December 2018 issue. Aaron Watson “An Aaron Watson Family Christmas,” Big Label Records Anyone listening to Aaron Watson and his wife, Kimberly, belting out “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” might get a mental memory of Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban when they first introduced that song 69 years ago. Or maybe […]
12.1/18 UPDATE: The finale (8th episode) will include Copper Chief (Texas), Kylie Frey (Texas), Jaida Dreyer (Tenn), and Larry Fleet (Tenn) Texas’ Copper Chief took the first night of Real Country by storm. Travis Tritt added them to the contest, and he said about them being from Texas “Where all this dirt road country stuff is […]
Story by Mary Jane Farmer, courtesy graphic The Texas Music Office, a division of the Governor’s Office, will designate Stephenville as a Music Friendly Community at a public ceremony and reception being held Tuesday, November 13, at 6-8 p.m. This is being held at the Twisted J Live venue, including its backyard area. Stephenville’s city […]
First printed in the 11/2/18 issue of Paris News (TheParisNews.com) Mary Jane Farmer, MaryJane@SceneInTown.com The first weekend in November will be filled with music in Bells. The Bells on Broadway Stage welcomes home native son Dustin Perkins. Perkins, along with his original band friends from the region, are providing a musical buffet that is family-friendly and […]
TxDOT to revamp U.S. 75 exit ramps
Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town For the next several months, drivers going north on U.S. 75, to Sherman, should plan for the possibilities of delays, because TxDOT is beginning work on a project they call ‘ramp reversals.’ Texas Department of Transportation officials announced Thursday that work begins this week on ramp reversals on U.S. […]
Story and photo by Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town It’s that time of the year again — the time to celebrate the Christmas season with family and friends, time to listen to bells jingling and carolers singing, and feel that tingling when Christmas tree lights are turned on for the first time. A group […]
Tour of Homes scheduled for Dec. 9
Story by Mary Jane Farmer, courtesy photos Van Alstyne was established in 1872, for settlers to be near the railroad stop of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. Eighteen years later, Van Alstyne became incorporated. And it was in 1890-ish that the first of three historic Van Alstyne homes in this year’s Van Alstyne Friends of […]
Photography is… No. 2 stimulates imagination
C\ Click here, on this link, to see a few more of my “challenge” photos. No. 2 — Photography requires imagination Each year, lately, I have gone on my own photographic journey, calling it my “Challenge.” I’ll pick a topic and do what I can to photograph items, people, […]
Photography is… No. 1-Immortality
First in a series about photography and why I (Mary Jane Farmer) love it so much. Some of this is ‘borrowed’ from another source, most is uniquely my own. Photography creates immortality — Every Thanksgiving, my family is at my house. It’s tradition. The grandkids take out the old photo albums and go through them, again […]
Kinky Freidman — Still The Kinkster
Lately, I’ve been listening to Kinky Freidman’s newest CD in about, oh, say, 40-ish years. It’s called Circus of Life and is due out in about three weeks, or July 3 to be more specific. And, believe or trust me, it’s well worth the money. The Texas Jewboy has not lost his touch, not at […]
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