Jan 1, 2025 | REFLECTIONS
Dear Readers, This little patch of earth I dubbed the Upper East Side of Texas is part of me. From as early as I can remember, it was where the “home place” was, a magical land with heartwarming stories that I got to visit from time to time from my Dallas suburb...
Jan 1, 2025 | REFLECTIONS
County Line Magazine’s success over the past 25 years took a village of hundreds of contributors and thousands of readers. Without our partners, sponsors, and advertisers, we would not have gotten far. We had strong support from the very beginning from business,...
Sep 3, 2024 | REFLECTIONS
By Ed Garcia I am two years into my eighties, so naturally, my thoughts and conversations often turn to aging and the next thing that happens after aging. For no good reason, this has led me to think about my electric toothbrush. I don’t leave the toothbrush in its...
Sep 1, 2024 | REFLECTIONS
While gathering and writing stories for the September/October 2024 County Line Magazine, I was reminded how we humans often mindlessly view others, relying on our “experience filters” in our brains to form quick opinions of who they are and where they belong. Some...
Jan 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, REFLECTIONS
By P.A. Geddie I did not completely avoid the end-of-year bombardment of sappy Hallmark movies but aside from a couple that were perfect background noise while I got in some cooking and jigsaw puzzle time, I managed to survive the holidays without them. At the other...
Jan 1, 2015 | REFLECTIONS
As we began to make plans for the approaching 15th Anniversary of County Line Magazine, we discovered quite a few other businesses celebrating their 15th as well in the Upper East Side of Texas and wondered if there was something special about that particular year...