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It’s that time again. I’ve procrastinated enough that the upcoming deadline for the Spring 2010 issue of Texas Hill Country magazine is becoming an emergency situation. That, coupled with been writing too much the last few weeks (although I did not include the poetryreading event at Fuel Coffee House; it will be over by the time you read this), has convinced me to keep this week’s column as short as I can. Here goes!

There are a number of excellent events coming up in Llano, plus the big “announcement” for the Red Top Jail in Austin this Thursday morning. At 7 p.m. this Thursday, Fuel Coffee House will host “An Evening with Chris Jamison,” and on Friday evening (also at 7), W.C. Jameson and John Caballero will host the “First Friday Night Jam,” also at Fuel. The “Llano’s Not-So- Fun Run” (“Promoting Healthy Hearts”) will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Badu Park; the Project Graduation Gala, silent auction and Variety Show (featuring LHS seniors) will be held Saturday night (Gala begins at 6 – Variety Show at 8). The Opry, Llano Desserts and the LMHS Mardi Gras event aren’t this week (they are all scheduled for February 13), but I want you to keep them in mind.

Next Tuesday, there will be a “Sweetheart Soiree” at the Kingsland Library, featuring a “Brownie Judging.” Anyone can enter, and there are prizes. Entries are due at 11 a.m. Call 325- 388-3170 for more information. Also, if you have wished that you, too, could be a “Master Gardener,” you can sign up to start classes beginning March 10 (call 325-247-5159 for more info).

I’m almost finished reading Laurie Wagner Buyer’s fascinating book, When I Came West, and while I’m still deeply offended by the way she was treated, I am starting to understand the lasting benefits of her amazing adventure. Laurie has learned a lot of valuable skills, plus a love and respect for God’s creation that most of us can’t even imagine. After her accomplishments in the Montana wilderness, it doesn’t seem that there would be many challenges that could intimidate her in the “tame” Texas Hill Country!

I was impressed by the Republican candidate forum in Kingsland last Thursday; there are a lot of good people willing to put their reputations (and their wallets) on the line; I’m glad this newspaper has a policy of not endorsing anyone! I also appreciated the composure of the spectators; there were a few pointed questions, but no bad behavior that I saw. County Judge Wayne Brascom asked me to mention a project he’s starting: he’d like to get pictures of all (or at least as many as possible) of the Llano County judges since the county was formed in 1856. I don’t have the list right now, but some of my readers may be a relative of a former judge, and a few may have pictures that they’d be willing to share. There’s a room on the third floor of the courthouse that’s waiting to display the pictures; if you can help, please do! As I promised at the beginning of this column, I’m going to cut this week’s Scatterthought a little bit short and get back to putting the Texas Hill Country magazine together. I have some more Llano material in this issue; I hope you’ll all enjoy it when it gets done. Thank you very much for reading!

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