Nelson Prater
About Me
My Interests:
Me in My Words: I am Kelly's husband; John's Dad and Katie's Sweet Daddy; Momma Sue's #1 son; Emma's uncle; and Sarah, Avery and Griffin's Texas pardnar. And, I am a runner. I am also a Dallas Morning News Community Voices contributor. I serve Garland on the Library Advisory Board.
Interests: Cooking, baking, running, golf, all things Texas, music (I buy lots of CDs). Right now I'm listening to Alli Rogers, Ottmar Liebert, Ryan Bingham, the Gipsy Kings, Jamey Johnson, and Slaid Cleaves.
Favorite Sports Teams: Tiger Woods and Steve Williams
Interesting things for other users to know: I won first place in the Incredibly Easy category in the 2006 Dallas Morning News Holiday Cookie Contest -- Chocolate Cooler Surprise cookies.
Favorite Movies: El Dorado (John Wayne); Jeremiah Johnson; Pale Rider; Unforgiven; The Cowboys; The Apostle; Love Comes Softly; Love's Enduring Promise; The Godfather; Of Mice and Men; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Favorite TV Shows: American Idol, Samantha Who?, Texas Country Reporter, Antiques Roadshow
Favorite Web site: nelsonprater.blogspot.com
Years in the D-FW area: 15+
Nelson Prater's Blogs
Posted: Jul 5, 2009 9:34 AM
Start Time: 5:10 a.m. Temperature: 79.5 degrees Location: Garland, Texas Wildlife Report: 3 cottontails Police Report: 0 cars Distance:... (more)
Posted: May 15, 2009 6:49 AM
My older brother (not that much older) has gone organic. I think this sudden change from Czech Stop cheese and apricot kolaches,... (more)
Posted: May 12, 2009 3:22 PM
Note: An edited (for space) version of this article ran in the Dallas Morning News Metro section on Sunday, April 26, 2009. People... (more)
