by Author Gale Owen Holt | Jan 18, 2020 | History, Texas history, Texas life
Anticipating sci-fi adventure On September 24, 1977, star-struck Texas Aggies were eager to experience a new, unprecedented space western, and Jim and I were joining right in. Texas Aggies are always going to add a super-charged level of committed enthusiasm to any... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Jul 11, 2019 | Animals, Sports, Texas history, Texas life, Young Adult Fiction
Inspiring and equipping young women Martha Josey, champion barrel racer, has inspired and equipped young women in the art of barrel racing for generations. She also informed and equipped me to write about barrel racing in A Thing of Beauty. Martha Josey was not my... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Feb 27, 2019 | Health, Texas life
Texas chicken spaghetti will never appear in a heart-healthy cookbook. This spicy, cheesy dish absolutely exemplifies Southern Home cooking’s chief goal of showing love and concern. In my book, at a moment of family crisis, the girls’ Ma-maw whips up this... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Feb 14, 2019 | History, Texas life
Jimmy Carter’s election as President surprised the world. People were amazed that a little-known peanut farmer and outsider from Georgia could be elected to highest office of the land. Americans were reeling from the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon’s... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Jan 10, 2019 | History, Texas life
I Alone have Escaped The survivors of the New London School Disaster understand trauma on a biblical scale and what it takes to find healing. Consequently, the book of Job would hold special meaning for them. First, Job hears dreadful news as four messengers appear... 
by Author Gale Owen Holt | Dec 26, 2018 | History, Texas life
“And always marry a Texas Girl, ’cause no matter what she’s seen worse.” A man had to know that if a girl had the grit to withstand the challenges of settling wild Texas, she could face down almost anything — rattlers, javelinas,...