SIX YEARS **SIGH**

 

It's been six years since Texas author Bill Crider passed away.  Bill was dearly loved by everyone who knew him, as well as by everyone who never had the chance to meet him personally.

Here's a sample of Bill's warmth, wit, and intelligence, taken from random listing in his blog:

The never-ending battle against Daylight Savings Time (from 2017):

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/03/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and.html

and,  https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/03/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and.html

and, continuing to beat the subject with a stick, https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/03/proof-daylight-saving-time-is-dumb.html

The Thin Mints Melee wreaked havoc (from 2013):

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-it-was-thin-mints-melee_4354.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-it-was-thin-mints-melee_31.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-it-was-thin-mints-melee_30.html

Bill was not on a lot of lists (from 2013):

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/yet-another-list-im-not-on_30.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/yet-another-list-im-not-on_31.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/yet-another-list-im-not-on_26.html

Texas will always lead the way (from 2013):

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/once-again-texas-leads-way_29.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/once-again-texas-leads-way_1469.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/once-again-texas-leads-way_27.html

Gator, Croc, Croc:

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2013/12/gator-update-death-match-edition.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2011/12/croc-update-extra-legs-edition.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2011/12/croc-update-and-keep-off-his-lawn.html

Forgotten Books (from 2017):

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/11/ffb-campus-doll-edwin-west-donald-e.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/11/ffb-among-gently-mad.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/11/bonus-ffb-on-wednesday-room-to-die-in.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/11/ffb-best-of-robert-bloch.html

Old paperbacks -- nobody loved them more (from 2017):

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/11/digit-books-covers-galore.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2017/11/paperback_12.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2011/12/paperback_27.html

Vintage ads (from 2011):

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2011/12/todays-vintage-ad_31.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2011/12/todays-vintage-ad_28.html

https://billcrider.blogspot.com/2011/12/todays-vintage-ad_26.html

And here is his very first post on his blog:  "July 28, 2002.  I'm starting this blog on my 61st birthday, and about one month before I retire.  I have no idea what's going to be here, but for now I'll just use it as a diary.  For my birthday, we made peach ice cream, the first time we've done that in years.  We used the old wooden freezer that has a hand crank.  You have to earn your ice cream around here.  It [sic]  had to root around in the attic for quite a while before I found the freezer, but it was in great shape.  The cie cream was as good as I remembered.  My mother's recipe.  My wife, Judy, fixed lasagna, and out daughter, Angela, came over.  Our son, Allen, loves in Austin and couldn't be here, but we talked to him on the phone."

[Does anyone else have a han kering now for peach ice cream?]

Bill had many other interests:  old movies, "I have a gub," "I'm sure you'll agree,"  great songs, VBKs (very bad kittens), the love of his wife, Judy, and their children, anything quirky or strange, the town of Alvin (certainly part of Texas Leads the Way),  "Not that there's anything wrong with that," "In that case, you're free to go," And Keep Off My Lawn!, old movies, Dr. Pepper (with sugar), and so much more.

His blog, Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine, is still available on the web (although craven spammers have hit the comments section).  Check it out.  And doff your hat to one who not come our way again.