by Million sMiles
Terlingua MOON
April 4, 2023
Vol.33 No. 14
Did you know?
From OutwardBound.Org:
Outward Bound in Minnesota, which predominately runs courses in Minnesota and the Boundary Waters, re-opened the Texas base a little over three years ago. This course area provides a unique opportunity for backpacking and rafting courses, while also serving as a training area for Instructors. The Minnesota base runs courses in canoeing, backpacking, sea kayaking and dog sledding, all along the border of Canada. The opportunity to experience both and jump to the southern border of the country in Texas is unique—an experience that’s offered by the Boundary Waters Dog Sledding & Texas Big Bend Leadership Semester.
EASTER EGG HUNT! Calling all bunnies to an egg hunt on Saturday, April 8 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at The Party Barn. Prizes, face-painting, hot dogs! Sponsored by Big Bend Chamber of Commerce
Many thanks to BBCA, Joselyn Fenstermacher, and everybody else involved in cleaning up the ballfield yesterday! Looks great!
Let's start playing softball again on Tuesdays, say 7pm? All are welcome!
20th annual Chihuahua Race was a howling success! Here are just a few of our participants that I managed to get pics of. Thank you All for coming out and making it an incredible event.
Chihuahua Race:
1st place - Bean Bartko
2nd place - Mida Keenan
3rd place - Winston Server
Mestizo Race:
1st place - Yappie Ryan
2nd place - Hades P.
3rd place - Blanco R. and Maggie Mischief
Costume :
1st place - Wylie Pierce
2nd place - Maggie Mae
3rd place - Kiki Garcia
Congrats to all who participated and a GIANT THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN.
TanksALot Terlingua has received more water tanks! Available sizes:
5000
3000
2500
2000
1500
550
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)
From The Greens Gurl
Next Weekend My Spring Plant Sale
April 7-8 10-5 pm and April 9 8am-noon
CASH ONLY
Over 200 plants!!!
Tomatoes, Peppers, Summer squash , Herbs, Flowers, Tomatillos, 1gallon perennial flowering plants, Agave pups of various sizes, Off of Ivey Road, take Barnesville road and follow the signs
Sunday Funday Brunch House Concerts now Available From The Greens Gurl
Your choice of a local musician from our list
3 Courses All locally Grown Organic
Fresh cut Flowers
11-2pm, schedule 2 weeks before your event
Deposit required
We have a lovely spot on Terlingua Creek for your party, or we can come to your home
For more info Text or call 432 853-7090
Or email Shannon at info@greensgurl.com
Come see us at the Community Garden in the Ghost Town on Saturdays from 10:00-1:00. Our vendors offer a eclectic selection of locally produced products, including micro greens, fresh eggs, innovative framed and unframed art, textiles, leather goods, goat milk soap, lip and body balms, all natural perfumes and more, including Sandy's pop up shop, Milky Way treats by Valerie and Manny's La Cabra.
This week, April 8, Paul Sprawl will be sharing his musical talents with an acoustic performance at the market. We're looking forward to it and hope to see you there.
If you're interested in becoming a vendor, text or call us for further information at 432.244.8715
Earth and Fire Gallery
is pleased to welcome back our Guest Artist for the month of April, Richard D. Curtin. His new show, Bamma-Lamma will be featured all month at the Gallery, with a gala reception Saturday, April 8 from 5 pm to 8 pm.
Saturday Art Mart at Earth and Fire Gallery in the Ghostown of Terlingua.
Saturday, April 8th we invite artists with locally made arts and crafts to join us from 9 to 2pm. Come for shopping, inspiration, camaraderie or just to check it out. 432 371 2637
JAF Improvement Association
Thursday, April 6th
Easter Egg Hunt - kids 13 and under at 6 pm
Full Moon Potluck at 6:30 pm
Theme Easter Dinner
(as always, if you’re not bringing a dish to share, please donate to keep our community strong.)
Terlingua MUSIC from David Kowal
-Starlight Theater
Fri, April 7, Hank Woji Conspiracy
Sat, April 8, McMercy Family Bnad / Trevor Reichman
Mon, April 10, Hank Woji Conspiracy
-DB's Rustic Iron BBQ
Sun, April 9, Hank Woji Conspiracy, at 5
-The Boathouse
Mondays: Dr Fun and Randy de La Fuente
Every Wednesday, Open Mic, 7:30
-Terlingua Ranch Bunkhouse / Bad Rabbit Cafe
-Long Draw Pizza
-High Sierra
every Fri, Chet O'Keefe
every Sat, DB Rouse and the Ranch Rats
every Sun, The Moonshiners, 7-10
every Mon and Tues, Music for Tips
every Thurs, Open Mic, 8
Sat, April 8, Hank Woji
-Road Runner Travelers RV Park - Campfire and Tunes
Fri, April 7, Moses Martinez
-Terlingua Community Garden/At the Market
-The Goat Pens
-Terlingua American Legion
TERLINGUA RANCH PROPERTY OWNER’S POTLUCK: Join your friends and neighbors the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm at The Bunkhouse on the Ranch. This month’s potluck will be Thursday, April 6th. Plates, cutlery, water, and ice tea provided by the Ranch. Please bring a covered dish to share. For more information, call Marilynn at 371.2194.
News From Otra Vez
This past month, Otra Vez installed new front entry steps for your safety. Thanks to Tim Callahan and crew for their design/construction. The memorial garden will soon be redone. Otra Vez is staffed by volunteers only so this community can benefit by clothing their entire family. Many items are available including jewelry, housewares, bedding, and craft materials. Inventory is constantly changing. Stop by and see what is available. Thanks to all the volunteer members who give so much since so many of them are seasonal. We’re asking the community for their help and time to keep the thrift store open. Stop in if you’re interested in volunteering, Otra Vez is open 9 AM to noon each Wednesday and Saturday subject to weather and staffing.
The Big Bend Citizens Alliance will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, April 5th at the Red Pattillo Community Center at 6PM. The BBCA is a 501(c)3 public charity supporting the Terlingua Community Garden, Canyon View Community Park, Terlingua Recycles, Voices from Both Sides, Terlingua Visual Arts, Terlingua Dark Sky Alliance, & Terlingua Cares. All are welcome to attend this public meeting -- either in person or online via Zoom. For more information, agenda, minutes, etc, please email <secretary.bbca@gmail.com> with your g email secretary.bbca@gmail.com with your questions. www.BigBendCitizensAlliance.org
START GATHERING YOUR Non Household Trash, ‑‑ Mark your calendars! Our annual Brewster County Cleanup event has been scheduled for Saturday, April 22nd from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Earth Day! Please save your bulk items for this date! The roll offs provided for our spring rush should only be used for bagged trash. For more info please see our County Commissioner, Sara Allen Colando.
BIG BEND EPISCOPAL MISSION ‑‑ Easter services at the Terlingua Ghostown Church-Santa Inez will be held on Wednesday, April 5th at 5:30 p.m. and Good Friday service on April 7th at 5:30 p.m. Come as you are, all are welcome.
The Big Bend Fix 15
The Terlingua Bottoms Group of AA meets every Thursday at 7:30 at the Big Bend Church in Study Butte. The meetings are open to anyone who has or thinks they may have a drinking problem.
The Terlingua Double A Bar Group will hold an AA meetings on Tuesdays from 5:00 pm to 6 pm at the Crisis Center in the Ghost Town.
DB’s Rustic BBQ
We will be closed Sat. Apr. 8th for a private event, and back open Sunday with the Hank Woji Conspiracy playing at 5pm
Taqueria El Milagro
Terlingua's street taco favorite. Authentic Mexican recipes and big side dishes. Open Wednesday through Sunday - 3 pm until 9 pm. Call 432 371-2060 for take out via our drive through window. Fun seating for dining in and BYOB!
Espresso ... y poco mas
Home of great coffee (Big Bend Roasters) and the best home cooking in Terlingua. Everything is made to order from all the freshest ingredients. Comfy seating, views galore, strong wifi. Come join us!
Call 432 371 3044 for to go orders.
We still need extra help so if you are interested, please call Noemi for details!
Big Buddha Bakery
Mondays and Saturdays 4-8pm in Marfa @ the courtyard behind Glitch Gallery
We are a Pizzeria & Bakery. We bake all our bread, pizza and goodies in house fresh with sourdough and organic ingredients. All orders must 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
Learn to Build with Compressed Earth Block at the School of Constructive Arts, Taught by Master Earth Builder Jim Hallock
Less than two weeks until the School of Constructive Arts workshop on Earthen Vaults!
Earthen Vaults - April 15th-16th - $150
Receive an introduction to soil testing and compressed earth block while studying earthen roofs, arches, vaults, and domes and participating in the construction of a 10-foot span barrel vault roof! Only $150 for locals, breakfast and lunch included. Register at www.constructivearts.org/earthen-vaults
From Mimi Smith, publisher of the Big Bend Gazette:
The Big Bend Gazette is searching for its next publisher.
Back in the summer of 2021 when I asked John Waters about the availability of the newspaper, the process was as much an audition as a transaction. He and Marlys entrusted the paper to me, not to keep it the same - and I intentionally went in some more directions - but to find a good fit for all.
I will write more later, but I want y'all to know - especially Terlingua and South County - and I've taken a long time to announce this. I wanted to be sure. The Big Bend Gazette is now some 25 years in print. Twenty or so under John Waters and Marlys Hersey, 2 with me, and born of the irrepressible genius of consummate journalist Barbara Bright Novovitch who started the Marathon Gazette at the turn of the century, as a late chapter in her lifetime of top tier journalism.
The Big Bend Gazette has a vital role in local journalism of the Big Bend.
Learning about the people of the Big Bend, their projects past and future, through the job of publishing this paper (also editing, reporting, and delivering the paper) provides so many views into the place itself,it's hard to describe - I need the language of geologists and archaeologists.
The archives of the paper provide rich material that should be republished. I tended to go on such deep dives on articles that I did not republish as much as I had planned to, of gorgeous writing, great science writing, and enduring stories. Outside of the Gazette's own material, I was always wildly surprised when generous permissions to republish were quickly forthcoming, from huge magazines (Audubon), and world class photographers like Ash Ponders, Katy Garren Hoskins, and Carolyn Norad Miller.
Feel free to text me at (432) 386-5508 or email msmith.justicetexas@gmail.com for more information. If you want to call, please email or text me in advance, so I will recognize your phone number.
ART UPDATES:
Message from Les Warren at Bucking Mule Studios in Alpine:
Bucking Mule Studios will be closed for April while Les goes to Peru.
When I return we will be announcing exciting new developments (pun
alert) We will start darkroom instruction in May. We will also offer
studio rentals with lighting and backdrops.
We will continue to develop other workshops featuring guest
instructors. I hope to have an event with music and a demonstration
of photogravure Memorial Day weekend.
Other exciting developments are in the works that will be announced in May.
Picture Framing Materials for sale:
Message from Robert at Wild Rose Gallery in Fort Davis:
I am leaving the country and these items need to find a new home.
I’d prefer to sell this stuff as a package, and it will definitely be a bargain.
I am not sure whether there is a picture framing shop open in Alpine at this time, so this package might be an opportunity for someone to start such a business.
I have:
a Morso Frame chopper, cuts miters on frame corners
Mitre Mite under pinner, V nailer to join frames
Fletcher 3000 wall mount glass / mat board / mount board cutter
corner vice
Logan 60’ mat cutter
Oval mat cutter
Fletcher 2100 mat cutter
26 inch Rotatrim paper cutter
Tool chest, cabinet
Foam core / mat board / some moulding / hardware / fletcher point driver / Two edge tape gun / etc
These items can be seen at Wild Rose Gallery in Fort Davis. 713-557-4147
The next show at GOTS will be "Dark Skies"
Entry Deadline is April 18th--Fast approaching!!
All mediums are welcome.
I have a new file holder at Gallery On The Square directly under the bulletin board in the back of the Gallery. It has all of the prospectus(s) for upcoming shows that are available. You can come by and pick one of the forms for any of the above mentioned shows there.
Burn Ban in Effect for Brewster County
http://www.brewstercountytx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SignedBurn-Ban.pdf
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