Good News FALL Issue

Explore GALVESTON Island State Park in the FALL

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Autumn Camping in our Backyard

Someday soon... it will finally be AUTUMN in Texas & it will be too cold to get in the water.

When that happens - head on over to Galveston Island State Park. They have GREAT year round camping facilities. The beautiful sunsets, crashing waves and abundant bird life don’t change just because the temperature does. You can enjoy “island time” any time you want, the serenity never changes. It might even be better that it’s not summertime because fewer people, mean more peace and quiet for you. Book your reservations today by CLICKING the photo below.

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Exploring GALVESTON Island State Park

Other Things To Do

GOOD STUFF

Don’t like sand between your toes?

Kayaking/Canoeing Beach Walks Fishing Stargazing Beach Combing Birding Hiking Bicycling Photo Walks Crabbing

It’s not a problem!

Galveston Island State Park has both tent and RV sites that don’t have a drop of sand anywhere near them. They have what they call “bayside sites” on the north side that are all about the birding, fishing, sunsets and stars, rather than the beach and sand.

If you want the waterviews without the beach - this is the side for you.

You don’t always have to get in the water!

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GOOD FOOD

Southern Grits and World Peace

Christy has a brand NEW BOOK coming out November 8th...

"Hi, my name is Christy Jordan and I like to feed people."

We love our grits.

Creamy, hot, soothing, and delicious with cheese, bacon, or a simple stirring in of butter and sugar, Grits have been and continue to be the south’s ultimate comfort food.

Apparently many Southerners also see it as a dish which can actuallly bring out world peace! The Post and Courier, the oldest newspaper in the south, once declared “An inexpensive, simple, and thoroughly digestible food, grits should be made popular throughout the world. Given enough of it, the inhabitants of planet Earth would have nothing to fight about. A man full of grits is a man of peace.”

We will be reviewing it for you right here in the Good News, so stay tuned!

Southern Grits

To see it, pre-order it and/or to get a GOOD price on her other 2 cookbooks just CLICK the link below.

•1 cup Grits •2½ cups water •½ teaspoons salt •1 tablespoon butter or margarine

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Ingredients:

Instructions: 1. If using stone ground grits, place them in a bowl and cover with water, stir.

2. Pour off water and light bran which has floated to the top.

3. Place grits in sauce pot. Add water, salt, and margarine.

4. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.

5. Cook, covered, for twenty to thirty minutes or until done.

Beautiful...

No sand & all of these sites have water views.

Saltwater Fish Flounder Sand Seatrout Croaker Black Drum Saltwater Catfish Mullet Spotted Seatrout Redfish Sheepshead

More than 300 species of birds have been recorded here...

CAMPING is GOOD for the soul!

Upcoming Events Sunset Paddle Bay and Beach Eplorations Sunset Photo Hike Stargazing 101 Zombie Apocalypse Hike Holiday Kayak Tour for more info CLICK HERE.

LIFE is better outside.

GOOD FOOD Continued from page 4.

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Christy’s Crock Pot Chili

Instructions: 1. Brown ground beef until done.

2. In large pot (or crock pot), combine the beef plus all remaining ingredients. *If in pot, bring to a simmer over low heat and cook, stirring a few times an hour, for two to three hours. (You can avoid this by using the crock pot.)

Ingredients:

3. In a crock pot, stir to combine and cover. Cook on low 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours.

•2 lbs ground beef •29 oz can kidney beans (with liquid) •29 oz can pinto beans (with liquid) •29 oz can tomato sauce •1 cup diced onion •½ C diced green chilies •3 medium tomatoes or one large can of diced •1½ tsp black pepper •2 C water •2 tsp salt •3 T chili powder •¼ C diced celery •2 tsp cumin

Dishpan Cookies

***They keep really well and are great for breakfast. **This freezes well both as a dough and as a finished cookie.

1. In a very large bowl or dishpan, cream sugars, vanilla, oil, and eggs. Add flour, soda, and salt. Fold in oats and cornflakes.

Ingredients: •2 cups light brown sugar •1 cup white sugar •2 teaspoons vanilla •2 cups oil •4 eggs •4 cups flour •2 teaspoons baking soda •1 teaspoon salt •1 ½ cups quick oats •4 cups cornflakes

Instructions:

2. Drop by ¼ measuring cup onto ungreased cookie sheets. This batter might be a little dry and you may have to moosh it together with your hands to get it into a ball when you put it onto the pan.

3. Bake for ten to twelve minutes at 375, or until edges are lightly browned. If you want them to be chewy, bake a little less, crispy, a little more. I always double this recipe and do half chewy, half crunchy.

ITS A GOOD THING

PAINTED ROCKS

Why?

Because it’s GREAT fun to hunt for treasures and to find free things.

Because it’s a simple and cheap craft project anyone can do as a family.

Because it teaches children to think of others, bless others and to plant things they will probably never actually see the benefits of.

Why paint rocks? “Because I want my friends to have the same fun I had when I found the ones someone painted for me.” Paraphrased by Grandma.

November 13th

For half a minute on November 13th, can you contemplate any kindnesses you’ve been shown that have had a lasting impact on you?

It’s nothing huge – it's just a small gesture to recognize World Kindness Day. Mark Twain summarized kindness by saying...

“It is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see”.

RECOMMENDS GOOD FOOD

**They are only OPEN for lunch & closed on weekends, so call the location you want before you go.**

Lercy’s Diners

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Serving up American Diner Food including REAL vegetables!

Greetings, fellow foodie’s!

We’ve located a family owned chain…

Mark and Joy Cooper have two locations and they are serving up some great food for lunch. Each place has several entrees each day and a whole list of vegetables. (See a menu here.) You have a choice of cornbread, a yeast roll or a biscuit and a yummy dessert.

I don’t know what’s in that Chocolate Surprise, but don’t be fooled - it tastes way better than it looks! The same is true with the bread pudding. Some great food is just not that attractive to look at, but I can still taste that awesome pudding!

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Just look at these poor beef tips. They don’t look like much, they were delicious. And we got there so early the broccoli rice casserole was not fully hot on the steam table yet and we ate it anyway because it was so good!

The meats are tender, the vegetables are seasoned, the breads are fresh and the desserts are delicious. If you like home cooked food - this is the place to go if you’re on I-10.

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Wow! Reading this book really puts life in perspective…

GOOD READ It is a very enjoyable read despite the struggles each of the women endure, because life (fiction or nonfiction) has a way of taking lemons and making a cool refreshing drink to be shared.

What a GREAT read!

To SEE Inside CLICK HERE

It’s fiction, but it’s based on true stories and the author does an excellent job of transitioning between memories and life as we know it. A modern day foster teen does her community service hours working for a 91 year old lady who wants to clean out her attic before she dies. The two of them begin comparing their childhoods and find that they have both been orphans practically their whole lives.

A SPECIAL BLESSING:

This book is available to be given away to the 1st person who requests it by emailing us at lynn@santafegoodnews.com and put the book title in the subject line. *If you do not hear from us, we have already given it away.

Why read the Good News?

Because it leaves you feeling better about yourself, your life and the world around you.

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Lercy’s Diner is full of nice people making a difference in their communities by serving good food at a good price. The friendliness, courtesy and smiles are free. Feeding people can be such a blessing to both the server and the customer when it’s done with the right spirit. They have the right one.

No matter what road you take in life...

It is up to you to choose the amount of joy you have on it.

The GOOD NEWS is a magazine, newsletter and website dedicated to spreading the gospel in an uncommon way.

A man who does not advertise is like a man winking in the dark...

He knows what he is doing... but no one else does!

We travel I-10 a lot so we will be back and we hope our readers will get the opportunity to visit too. You won’t be disappointed, we promise.

And if you’re a Texas Aggie - this is your kind of place, you can even put your name on the wall!

Galloping Foodie

No matter who wins or how nasty it gets...

We can always be thankful that we are still one Nation under God, whether anyone likes it or not.

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others. —Peter Singer

Grace

May you hear God's voice in your heart, know His touch in your life and feel His love for you each day.

SPIRIT & SOUL

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I Gave You an Abundant Life!

LIFE...

Sunny Side Up!

Go to the fence and look over it. Can you see the green pastures? What do you see? Isn’t it pretty over there? Wouldn’t you like to live over there and walk those paths? I’ve laid out your life over there for you. All that remains is for you to walk through the gate and keep walking. Do you believe me or not?

That is the life I’ve given you. You can either live it or stay where you are. You can press forward and move on or stay stuck where you’re at. The choice is yours. What do you want? Do you want it bad enough to go through what you have to go through in order to get it? I’ll walk with you. I’ll help you.

I’ve done all I can do, the rest is up to you. You don’t have to do it alone, but I can’t make the choice for you.

Do you wonder why you are here? I didn’t put you here, you did. I put you over there in my plan. But you didn’t want to follow my plan. You wanted to make your own way and that’s how you got where you are. I’m still willing to let you live there, but you have to choose to go there. It starts in your mind and then your body follows.

You keep getting it backwards. You have these notions of how you think it’s supposed to be. Your notions aren’t right.

I know how it’s supposed to be. You either come over to my way of thinking or you stay stuck where you are. I gave you the world by the tail, take what I’ve offered or stay where you’re at.

God

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9 Ways to Celebrate FALL

1. Bake an apple pie, apple crisp or make some homemade applesauce. There are easy crockpot recipes.

2. Plant some spring bulbs to enjoy next year.

3. Go sit by a fire somewhere, stare at it and roast some marshmallows. There’s just something stress relieving about a fire.

4. Take a drive to look at the fall foliage.

5. Go to a fall festival. (Locally the Heritage Festival is November 12th at Runge park.)

6. Make some scarecrows and fall decorations with the kids, it’s BIG fun!

7. Throw a HARVEST party to count your blessings and invite all the people you don’t see during the Christmas holidays.

8. Take a long walk in nature with the kids, a camera or both.

9. Celebrate fall by going on a picnic in the park, now that it’s cool enough in the south!