[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] To preserve the rich history of Flour Bluff, The Texas Shoreline News, will run historical pieces ...
Author: Shirley Thornton
Retired from education after serving 30 years (twenty-eight as an English teacher and two years as a new-teacher mentor), Shirley enjoys her life with family and friends while serving her community, church, and school in Flour Bluff, Texas. She is the creator and managing editor of The Paper Trail, an online news/blog site that serves to offer a glimpse into the past and present of the little community of Flour Bluff. She wrote for The Flour Bluff Messenger, wrote and edited for The Texas Shoreline News, a Corpus Christi print newspaper that existed from December 2017 to April 2020, served as copy editor on three books, and continues to tutor students of all ages in the lively art of writing.
Lessons I Learned in 2017Lessons I Learned in 2017
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Like most people, I want to start the new year with a little more knowledge and ...
Tales from Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Lacy Smith, Part ITales from Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Lacy Smith, Part I
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In a little shack at the end of a cotton field outside of Weslaco, Texas, ...
Santa Arrives December 8 in Flour Bluff for Community Christmas!Santa Arrives December 8 in Flour Bluff for Community Christmas!
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] The Flour Bluff Business Association would like you to join us on Friday, December ...
Oh, How I Miss a Hometown Newspaper!Oh, How I Miss a Hometown Newspaper!
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] As I dig through old news clippings from the Flour Bluff Sun to research ...
To Sprinkle – Or Not To Sprinkle (A Glimpse into Corpus Christi’s Past)To Sprinkle – Or Not To Sprinkle (A Glimpse into Corpus Christi’s Past)
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] When a citizen of Corpus Christi is asked about nagging problems in the city, ...
Flour Fest Draws over 1200 to Parker Memorial ParkFlour Fest Draws over 1200 to Parker Memorial Park
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] On Saturday, October 28, 2017, over 1200 people showed up at Parker Memorial Park ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Odds and EndsTales from the Little Town That Almost Was: Odds and Ends
[spacer height=”20px”] As I dig through old records, faded news clippings, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and assorted secondary sources in search of ...
Lou Diamond Phillips to Appear at Voices of South Texas Kick-Off Event in Corpus ChristiLou Diamond Phillips to Appear at Voices of South Texas Kick-Off Event in Corpus Christi
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Corpus Christi, Texas- The past and the present will collide at the Voices of South Texas ...
Addressing Homelessness in Flour BluffAddressing Homelessness in Flour Bluff
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] On October 16, 2017, members of the Flour Bluff Citizens Council were joined ...