Tag: Julia Robb

  • The Angel of Death

    by Julia Robb Elroy Camp died at midnight, while Beulah held his bony hand and prayed. Mr. Elroy took a trembling breath. He never breathed out. “I might have known,” Mr. Elroy’s daughter said when Beulah called. “Ma’am?” “You heard me. Families in this community hire you to take care of their loved ones and…

  • SCALP MOUNTAIN (an excerpt)

    By Julia Robb Chapter Thirteen Report to Major Lou Phillips, Austin headquarters, from Texas Ranger Capt. W.E. Henry            Sir: I have the honor to report the death of Mage Higgins, the man who shot down Sheriff Dell Rogers. After Higgins, we also trailed the gang stuck up the Round Rock bank and recovered the…

  • My Missionary Family and Their Adventures in Peru

    by Julia Robb Before my sister Sarah and her family left Peru in 2004, a mud slide had almost swept them off an Andean mountain (they were 1.5 miles straight up), they were traveling on roads so bad it took 24 hours to travel 800 miles, had broken down in places where they could not…

  • Scalp Mountain (an excerpt)

    by Julia Robb Mission San Jose Texas Ranger Capt. W.E. Henry’s prayer, at Mission San José, in San Antonio, 1876   Lord, I’m a Methodist and talking to you here in a Catholic church, but I guess you don’t mind, this place has been here one hundred years and folks has offered up a lot…

  • How the Old West Bad Men Did or Did Not Get to Midland, Texas

    by Julia Robb I’m standing in the Midland County (Texas) public library basement staring down at six plaster of paris death masks. Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, Bill Dalton, Robert Ford, Wild Bill Hickok and Clay Allison lay in a waist–high glass display case, with their eyes closed. Bill Dalton’s tongue is stuck between his lips,…

  • Shaun Peter Cunningham is Making His Mark in the Independent Film Industry

    by Julia Robb   The story is always about the character, so let me tell you about the independent film industry through Shaun Peter Cunningham, an actor, screenwriter and producer who lives in Dallas. Shaun Peter Cunningham First, independent filmmakers are like indie writers; they often produce great work, but must compete against big money.…

  • The Little Girl Who Wrote the Waltz

    The Little Girl Who Wrote the Waltz By Julia Robb                 Certain kinds of people do not believe in coincidences: They believe everything is planned, that unseen forces coordinate life.         I’m one of those people, although it’s not always clear who’s in charge of the non-coincidence department­­­–God, guardian angels, or whatever.        …