Mutterings and Musings
I’ve always loved meeting people and their stories of how they’ve come to be here with me on my road of life. Getting to know my Registered Nurse, first name Luz, prepping me for my hospital procedure, she was interested in how I had gotten to the hospital with the roads very dangerous with ice… Continue reading Luz de Mi Vida
In honor of Veteran’s Day, 2022, I am posting some proud Collazo & Elizondo family history. Gerardo and Manuelita Collazo had ten sons and one daughter, and the family all lived in Laredo, Texas. Our extended family around the world is derived from this family. Now, during World War II, they had 3 sons serving… Continue reading My Collazo Family Military Legacy
For the second, third or even fourth generation offsprings from the original eleven siblings of Gerardo and Manuelita Collazo, from Laredo, Texas, permit me to give you a little Collazo history lesson. You see, Gerardo and Manuelita Collazo had ten sons and one daughter, and the family all lived in Laredo, Texas. Our extended family… Continue reading Saluting Family Veterans on this Veteran’s Day
At 24 years old, Peter was an Olympic ski jumper, and was really good; But fled Slovenia because he was expected to fight for the German army. He made a small fortune, as an inventor, even before the war ended; Then patented a weaving machine designed for use by disabled folks, Which were many; and… Continue reading Peter Florjancic
I had just bought a new vehicle six months before, and never gave it a second thought that it would go out on me in the middle of a cold Friday night in West Texas on the way to San Antonio. But there I was, stuck on the side of that dark, lonely highway, and… Continue reading That Cold Night
It was very cold that morning many years ago. I was shivering to the point where I was shaking, shivering. Smelling wood smoke from somebody’s fireplace somewhere far away surely didn’t help either, and I imagined whoever it was around that fire were all nice, warm and cuddly. It was December in Texas, deer hunting… Continue reading Fire On The Mountain
A fellow San Antonian, and an Honor student at JFK High Jorge was a proud JFK Rocket playing football in his green and white. He joined the Marines the next year whereby He worked hard to rise up to corporal with the speed of light; Where his inner strength and character you could not deny.… Continue reading A War Hero Among Us – Jorge Villarreal
It was a cold, cold night. The rain had started to turn to freezing rain, and sticking to my windshield. I had just had the thought on how lucky I was to have a new vehicle, recently purchased just months earlier. So, I never gave it a second thought that it would go out on… Continue reading That Cold Night