TexasEscapes.com HOME Welcome to Texas Escapes
A magazine written by Texas
Custom Search
New   |   Texas Towns   |   Ghost Towns   |   Counties   |   Trips   |   Features   |   Columns   |   Architecture   |   Images   |   Archives   |   Site Map

Columns

Counties
Texas Counties

Towns a-Z
Texas Towns
A - Z



Texas | Columns

"Quips and Salsa"
by
Jase Graves

email: susanjase@sbcglobal.net 		Jase Graves
Bio

Jase Graves has received humor writing awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, The Texas Press Association, and Writer's Digest. He has also been honored by the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop as Humor Writer of the Month in June of 2017. In June of 2022, he was recognized a third time by the NSNC for his work with the Kilgore News Herald.

Columns
  • The World's Greatest Inventions 2-13-24

  • When memory flails 1-31-24

  • How I Became a Cat Person 1-17-24

  • My New Year's anti-resolutions 1-2-24
    		•

  • Haunted by the kids of Christmas past 12-18-23

  • Neighbors, start your Christmas lights! 11-28-23

  • Why do we fall for fall? 11-14-23

  • The Year of the Possum 10-31-23

  • Things I'm glad I did 10-17-23

  • Things I've done—and wish I hadn't 10-3-23

  • Things I've Never Done 9-19-23

  • Dad's Lumbar Moving Company 9-5-23

  • Hop on down to San Antone 8-22-23

  • Live your best heat-dome life 8-8-23

  • A summer staycation travel guide 7-24-23

  • Amarillo by Suppertime 7-11-23

  • A love letter to my generator 6-26-23

  • My rock still tries to roll 6-13-23

  • Big Box Blues 5-30-23

  • How to "un-dorm" a college student 5-16-23

  • Prom Seasonal Allergies 5-2-23

  • Hospice Care for Cars 4-18-23

  • Urgent calls from college 4-4-23

  • Spring Broke 3-21-23

  • To drive or not to drive 3-7-23

  • My baby is 240 months old 2-20-23

  • I've been blinged 2-6-23

  • Hot for hot chocolate 1-24-23

  • Escape from New York and Southwest Airlines 1-10-23
    		•


  • "Let's take a trip for the holidays," they said 12-22-22

  • Christmas lights: a judgmental guide 12-13-22

  • Invasion of the college students 11-29-22

  • Get out of bed and breakfast 11-15-22

  • Nearly nailed it! (Asian food edition) 11-1-22

  • What's in my name 10-17-22

  • The pen is sillier than the sword 10-3-22

  • Dogs vs. daughters 9-20-22

  • New school clothes for Dad 9-6-22

  • And then there was one teenage daughter left at home 8-23-22

  • If you can't beat the heat, join it 8-9-22

  • One night in The Big Easy-as pie 7-26-22

  • Portrait of a colonoscopy 7-12-22

  • Snacks, Steel and Civil Rights in the Magic City 6-28-22

  • Stranger things in my daughter's bedroom 6-14-22

  • Now is the summer of my discontent 6-1-22

  • No, it's not COVID 5-16-22

  • Eat your just desserts 5-2-22

  • Happy birthday cake to me 4-18-22

  • Can you do the splits? 4-5-22

  • It's time to mourn the mornings 3-22-22

  • Take the plunge into household plumbing 3-8-22

  • Have you seen my wallet? 3-2-22

  • Put on your church genes 2-22-22

  • The dog days of our lives 1-24-22

  • A lifetime case of the girl crazies 1-10-22
    		•


  • 2021 was the Year of the Jab 12-28-21

  • Are you too old for Santa Claus? 12-13-21

  • O Christmas Tree shortage 11-29-21

  • When Thanksgiving and Christmas Collide 11-15-21

  • Is there detention in Sunday school? 11-1-21

  • Make Halloween great again 10-18-21

  • School Project Management 10-4-21

  • College Football Fan Follies 9-20-21

  • Moving Heaven, Earth, and a Daughter to College 9-7-21

  • Advice for College Freshpersons 8-23-21

  • Take a hike. Save a tick. 8-9-21

  • Who says there's no crying in baseball? 7-27-21

  • Keep Austin's Doughnuts Weird 7-16-21

  • Kayaking for couples, a tragicomedy 6-28-21

  • Everything's wetter in Texas 6-14-21

  • Teach a man to fish, or not 6-2-21

  • To my graduating senior - who made me a senior 5-17-21

  • Do the Charleston - if you have the grits 5-3-21

  • Claim the right to dust off your gun 4-19-21

  • Defending the Karens 4-5-21

  • Resurrecting Easter 3-22-21

  • When Texas Froze Over 3-9-21

  • New Victims of Cancel Culture 2-22-21

  • Climate change or wacky winter weather 2-8-21

  • Get your mind off politics 1-25-21

  • New Year's Retribution 1-11-21



  • 2020-A Reluctant Retrospect 12-28-20

  • All I want for Christmas is the new vaccine! 12-14-20

  • A Christmas (Cell Phone) Miracle 12-2-20

  • Go Long for Thanksgiving 11-16-20

  • Elect to talk politics with the family 11-1-20

  • There she is, Miss 'Merica . . . and her dad 10-23-20

  • A blowout blow-by-blow 10-5-20

  • Walk away from COVID-19 9-21-20

  • Back to school . . . sort of 9-8-20

  • Escape with a movie - again 8-24-20

  • Bed, bath and beyond my scope 8-10-20

  • Riding in SUVs with Girls 7-27-20

  • To all the masks I've worn before 7-13-20

  • Take the work out of your workout 6-29-20

  • Saving the American shopping mall 6-15-20

  • Are you tired of the "New Normal"? 6-1-20
    		•


  • Learning to live with corona hair 5-20-20

  • Cooking my way through quarantine 5-5-20

  • Homeschooling in the time of COVID-19 4-21-20

  • Survive the Supermarket with Social Distancing 4-6-20

  • Spend quality time in self-quarantine 3-24-20

  • Stage a Midlife Crisis Intervention 3-10-20

  • Swimsuit Shopping: A Cautionary Tale 2-25-20

  • When did your rock last roll? 2-12-20

  • Star Wars: The Memories Awaken 1-28-20

  • Take an Uncertain Road Trip 1-14-20



  • Beating the after-Christmas blues 12-30-19

  • Another Christmas card letter 12-16-19

  • Deck the Halls and Hit the Deck 12-3-19

  • Foiled by Fall Foliage 11-19-19

  • College football fever-with nausea 11-5-19

  • Weaned on Halloween 10-20-19

  • Making a Garage Saler 10-8-19

  • Only sweat the small stuff if the A/C is out 9-24-19

  • The Devil Went Down to Savannah 9-16-19

  • Sun, Sand, Seafood-and Pig Puppets 8-29-19

  • I left my credit in San Antonio 8-14-19

  • A Serious Case of the Boyfriends 7-30-19

  • Family Fun Night Goals 7-16-19

  • Beaching with Teens-and other Hazards 7-3-19

  • Don't Feed the Pool Party Animals 6-26-19

  • Baby you can drive my car-or my tank 6-19-19

  • An Indoorsman's Guide to Yard Work 6-10-19

  • Escape to Galvatraz 5-30-19

  • A Tale of Tunes, a Ticket, and Traffic Law 2-25-19

  • Curl up and Diet 2-11-19

  • Once Upon a Display Mattress 1-24-19

  • Breaking News-and Wind 1-11-19

  • 2018: The Year in Askew 1-10-19



  • Have Yourself a Merry Little . . . Hedgehog 12-15-18

  • Pierced Fears: Adventures in Body Modification 12-3-18

  • Watch for Falling Fall Fests 11-15-18

  • Friday Night Lite: Adventures in Accidental Fandom 10-16-18

  • A Victim's Guide to Swimming Pool Ownership 9-15-18

  • Dolphins and Fireworks and Toto-Oh My! 8-15-18

  • Silly Chili, "Graet" Ice Cream, and a Texan in the Queen City 7-15-18

  • Dance Like Your Dad's Not Watching 6-15-18

  • Defenseless Driving 5-15-18

  • Spring Break, or Bust 4-15-18

  • Making Concessions-one nacho at a time 3-15-18

  • How to Survive a Southern Snowpocalypse 2-15-18



  • A Date at DFW 1-15-17

  • Christmas Crackers 12-15-17

  • Lost at Lost Pines 11-15-17

  • The S'more the Merrier 10-15-17

  • Drive-by Safari 9-16-17

  • Buc-ee's for Beginners 8-15-17

  • Out of My Shell at South Padre 7-15-17

  • Saddle Sore at South Padre 6-15-17
    		•


    Biography

    Jase Graves is an award winning columnist and a regular contributor to the Erma Bombeck Writer's Workshop, which named him Humor Writer of the Month for June 2017. He writes a regular column for The Kilgore News Herald and is nationally syndicated with Cagle Cartoons Inc. He is a married father of three daughters and writes about home and family issues. Other than writing, his primary hobby is sleeping as late as possible. Contact Jase at susanjase@sbcglobal.net.

    - June 27, 2019


    More

     Columns

    Contributors

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     



     

    Texas Escapes Online Magazine »   Archive Issues » Home »
    TEXAS TOWNS & COUNTIES TEXAS LANDMARKS & IMAGES TEXAS HISTORY & CULTURE TEXAS OUTDOORS MORE
    Texas Counties
    Texas Towns A-Z
    Texas Ghost Towns

    TEXAS REGIONS:
    Central Texas North
    Central Texas South
    Texas Gulf Coast
    Texas Panhandle
    Texas Hill Country
    East Texas
    South Texas
    West Texas

    Courthouses
    Jails
    Churches
    Schoolhouses
    Bridges
    Theaters
    Depots
    Rooms with a Past
    Monuments
    Statues
    Gas Stations
    Post Offices
    Museums
    Water Towers
    Grain Elevators
    Cotton Gins
    Lodges
    Stores
    Banks

    		Vintage Photos
    Historic Trees
    Cemeteries
    Old Neon
    Ghost Signs
    Signs
    Murals
    Gargoyles
    Pitted Dates
    Cornerstones
    Then & Now

    Columns: History/Opinion
    Texas History
    Small Town Sagas
    Black History
    WWII
    Texas Centennial
    Ghosts
    People
    Animals
    Food
    Music
    Art
    Books
    Cotton
    Texas Railroads

    		 Texas Trips
    Texas Drives
    Texas State Parks
    Texas Rivers
    Texas Lakes
    Texas Forts
    Texas Trails
    Texas Maps    		 USA
    MEXICO
    HOTELS

    Site Map
    About Us
    Privacy Statement
    Disclaimer
    Contributors
    Staff
    Contact Us
     
    Website Content Copyright Texas Escapes LLC. All Rights Reserved