Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day with the story of a first edition version of The Hobbit that has its own interesting adventure. Similar to the ring of power in the LOTR trilogy, this book was stolen from, but then later returned to, its home at The University of North Texas. Luckily for all of us book lovers and fantasy fans, it wasn't dipped in a lava bath once it got back home.
Imagine that you're spending a leisurely spring day on the water in Texas and the next thing you know, you've found giant, highly destructive, invasive snails. Ewwww!
When my daughter moved back to the Dallas area last summer it was hard on me, of course. I had to drive her and my granddaughter away from being near me in Amarillo. The apartment they found was in Farmer's Branch.
There has been a wild rumor circulating around the internet lately, suggesting that NASA's magnificent International Space Station (ISS) is secretly tucked away in a pool somewhere in Houston, Texas.