Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. Feel free to click on and download any of the photos, no charge. Link to photos Well, it’s coming down to hay-baling time. The 2019 Rusty Wier Singer/Songwriter contest completed it’s second week of the semi-finals Sunday (March 9, 2019) and the finalists have been chosen and announced, based […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer — Click here to view all the photos from this round, and feel free to download any (no charge). Round 3 of the 2019 Rusty Wier singer/songwriter challenge kicked off with incredible music from the first six of the 12 remaining musicians — Parker Twomey, Byron Dowd, Reid Perry, […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. Click here to view and download any photos, no charge. Just click on the bottom right arrow to download. Love & War in Texas’ 2019 Rusty Wier singer/songwriter challenge finished up its Round 2 with pizzazz that only Texas songwriters can accomplish and that Texas music fans can 100 […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. There are more photos, Click here to upload photos desired at a good resolution. No charge whatsoever. Round Two, Week Two of this 2019 Rusty Weir singer/songwriter contest has come and gone, leaving in its wake lots of good music, smiles, and memories. The contest is held at and […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. For more photos, available on Flickr, click on the link below. Seven of the 28 people now competing for the grand prizes in the 9th yearly Rusty Wier singer/songwriter challenge competed Sunday (Jan. 6, 2019) on the Love & War in Texas patio stage. Those seven were Matt […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, for Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town, Photos courtesy of Van Alstyne Police A two-vehicle crash Wednesday evening (July 20) caused one car to go up in flames and the driver of the second car to go to jail on numerous felony charges. Van Alstyne Police Lt. Steven Hayslip said the […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News/Scene in Town Van Alstyne Police answered 1,072 calls for service between May 25 and June 8, reported Police Lt. Steve Hayslip. Of these, they made numerous arrests. Arrests May 16 — A woman and her former husband, both from Crowley, Texas, were driving south on U.S. […]
April is Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town NOTE: Having been both a licensed foster care provider and a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children, this reporter has seen multiple horrifying cases of child abuse and how it affects the victims. This subject holds near and dear to my heart! This […]
This is a feature I wrote in 2007 and, crazily, found it on my My Space somehow. It also was printed on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame’s Website of the same name. Roy Head was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame that year. I am excited to be able to include it now here […]
Van Alstyne is Autumn Town, too!
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, Blog style, not reporting style. More photos on link at bottom, and more will be added on future Sunday drives, so please feel free to check back throughout October and November. Sundays are made for driving around, slowly, and looking at things one misses when moving so fast. […]
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, […]
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