Dear readers,
I love the fall. The weather doesn't change fast enough for me down here in College Station, Texas, but at least its beginning, and the kids have come back to town.
There is something about all that youth, ready for another year, many on their own for the first time (8,083 freshman this year). And of course there's Aggie football, which is a very big thing here.
Texas A&M has a large military band, which is a unit of the Corps of Cadets. As with many bands, because of their busy schedule, practice is scheduled for 6:00 am, which happens to be the time our family wakes up, and I wander out for the paper.
There is something about the way the sound bounces off the buildings and fades in and out that is somewhat surreal in the balmy, dark morning, as almost two miles away the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band begins their halftime routine.
I'm sure that the band wakes-up innocent civilians that live closer to campus, and for many 0600 is a bit early to hear a large military band play their hearts out. But then there really aren't any innocent civilians living in College Station.
Enjoy the sounds of the fall, for soon, we'll have to wait another year.
Happy Thursday,
Sam White
www.SamWhiteRealty.com
