Last year, Carolyn Mccartney left a tenured faculty position at Southern Methodist University in Dallas to move to the Big Bend where she now works as a sign painter.

On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us how she does it, why she loves it, and the importance of squirrel hair to her craft.

Last year, Carolyn Mccartney left a tenured faculty position at Southern Methodist University in Dallas to move to the Big Bend where she now works as a sign painter. On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us how she does it, why she loves it, and the importance of squirrel hair to her craft.

Last year, Carolyn Mccartney left a tenured faculty position at Southern Methodist University in Dallas to move to the Big Bend where she now works as a sign painter.

On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us how she does it, why she loves it, and&nbsp;the importance of squirrel hair to her craft.

Carolyn Mccartney, Sign Painter

The Rambling Boy: Stories About Texas is a weekly look at regional history, hosted by Lonn Taylor of Fort Davis. Taylor was a writer and historian who moved to the Big Bend after retiring from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 2002.

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