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Terlingua MOON

August 8, 2023

Vol.34   No. 32

"The closer a man is to the land, the more he knows about it, the more likely he is to see the beauty in it. And that's true of any land, but especially this one." - Cormac McCarthy

Espresso ... y poco mas

Great iced coffee, iced tea, and smoothies!  Best heat fighters there are.  Breakfast and lunch cooked to order from the freshest ingredients.  Pastries, newspapers, and spectacular views.. A great local place for food and conversation.  Call 432 371 3044 for to go orders. 

BREWSTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING – Tuesday, August 8, 2023 in Alpine at 9:30 A.M. 

http://www.brewstercountytx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AgendaRegularCommissionersCourt8.8.23.pdf

Long Draw Pizza

LDP will be closed from Aug 7-23. We are doing some maintenance and hopefully a well deserved vacation . Come in tonight and get  enough  for 2 weeks!

Paisano Post from Terlingua School 

Terlingua School Parents, Families, and Friends: PreK-4th school supplies have been donated by The Summit and 5th-8th school supplies have been donated by Billy & Jess Bartko. All of these supplies will be ready to go for the students at school and students in PreK-8th will just need a backpack and lunch box. The list for high school students is attached. We are so thankful for these generous donations. The school supplies list is also on the school’s website under the Parent Resources tab. Feel free to share. Go Paisanos and thanks again to The Summit and The Bartkos and to Vane Palma for helping coordinate this effort.

Come see us at the Saturday Community Market from 10:00-1:00.  We're planning to run right on through the summer. Located at the Community Garden in the Ghost Town, we're there every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.

We welcome new vendors. Come set up in the shade to sell your wares. Flea market items are welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already existing items is smart and green. We ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to improve this space and experience for all of us. For more information, text or call 432.213.1863, email SherriTheWriter@aol.com or pop in to the market for a chat.

Fresh eggs, local art, handcrafted textiles, goat milk soap, all natural lip balms, hand balms and perfumes, leather goods, handcrafted, creative jewelry, block printed textiles and vintage goods, both curated and upcycled, and more -- you never know just what you'll find here. We even had some lovely locally grown produce this past Saturday and that vendor expects to be back this Saturday with more from her garden.

Do you have mad skills and smart, practical talents you'd like to share? We all love to learn about sustainable arts and useful skills here in Terlingua. Let's talk about a workshop.

Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.

Calling All Amphibian and Reptile Enthusiasts @ Terlingua Ranch Bunkhouse on 8/11 - Dr. Corey Roelke, herpetologist from University of Texas, Arlington and lover of all things Big Bend, will be sharing his knowledge of herptofauna (aka amphibians and reptiles) in a presentation in the Bunkhouse on Friday night. Dr. Roelke is a frequent visitor to Big Bend and guest at Terlingua Ranch where he has documented a colony of unusual Texas whiptail lizards on our grounds. Join us Friday evening, August 11 at 7:00 PM. While you're here grab a burger or banana split, or just a bag of popcorn while you enjoy his presentation. There is no charge to join your fellow herp lovers or just learn more about our neighborhood snakes and lizards.  

Meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous in Terlingua: 

Thursday 7:30-8:30 p.m., Terlingua Bottoms group meets at the Big Bend Church in Study Butte. 

Friday, 5 p.m.,  Offgrid One Day at a Time at the Cactus Farm on highway 118. 

First of all, I wanted to introduce myself. I am Layla Spurlock the Park Interpreter at Big Bend Ranch State Park. I am writing to let the Moon readers know about two exciting events the Barton Warnock Visitor Center is hosting this fall.

On Saturday, September 23, 2023 in honor of National Public Lands Day Big Bend Ranch State Park is hosting Cleanup on the Rio. National Public Lands Day is the largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands. This event will begin at 8 AM, we will meet at the La Cuesta campground and participants can expect to spend the day working with park staff to clean up trash along the River Corridor to ensure that Big Bend Ranch State Park is preserved for future generations. Refreshments will be provided.

 The weekend of October 20-22, 2023 to celebrate 100 years of Texas State Parks, Big Bend Ranch State Park is hosting Find Your Trail. This will be an action packed weekend, showcasing the wide variety of recreation activities the park offers. We will be hosting a star party (in partnership with Big Bend National Park), guided hikes, a trail run, bike tours, and so much more!

 For both of these events we ask that people contact Barton Warnock Visitor Center at (432) 424-3327 for further information. We would love to see our local Terlingua community out at their park. Our website also will give further details of these events. If you have any questions please email me at layla.spurlock@tpwd.texas.gov or give me a call at (432) 424-3327 x.2.

TanksALot Terlingua has the largest inventory of  WARANTEED water tanks in South Brewster County!

Available sizes:

5000

3000

2500

2000

1500

550

(1100 gallon tanks are on order now)

Tanks are Tax Exempt and come with a 10 year warrantee.

Valves, pumps and filters also available.

Delivery and installation available.

Located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge.

Call: 432-371-3094 (office) or 806-781-7814 (cell)

The Permian Basin Opera will be having a performance of Glory Denied at the Marfa USO Hall in Marfa on September 6th. The performance is free to veterans with ID. 

The Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) is asking the public to attend a meeting regarding internet accessibility, affordability and usage. The BDO, administered by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, will accept feedback from this meeting to help develop the Texas Digital Opportunity Plan, which is required to draw down federal funding for connecting Texans to reliable, high-speed internet. The BDO expects to complete the plan this fall. 

The public is encouraged to register for the Alpine public meeting at https://bit.ly/3rF8bIp

Do you love to read?  Enjoy discussing books with friends?

Beginning in September the Terlingua Trading Company will host an evening book club in the Ghost Town.  Please come by the Trading Company to sign up.  The group is limited to 10 people.   The first book to be discussed will be “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase in the Trading Company bookstore.  Book club members will receive 25% off the reading selection for the month.

Big Buddha Bakery

We are open Fridays & Saturdays 5-9pm in Marfa @ the courtyard behind Glitch Gallery next to the Saint George Hotel. We have indoor & outdoor seating.

This weekend Aug 11 & 12th will be our last until September 15th.

We are a Pizzeria & Bakery. We bake all our bread, pizza and goodies in house fresh with sourdough and organic ingredients. Orders can be made beforehand @ www.bigbuddhabakery.com 

which has our menu and all the info you need! If you have any questions, feel free to call me 781-710-9248

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