Texas! The very word conjures up images of rugged cowpunchers, Texas Rangers, oil wells, and women dressed by Neiman Marcus. It’s a big, diverse state. The distance from Texarkana on the state’s NE corner to Chicago, Illinois is smaller than the distance from Texarkana to El Paso on the state’s western edge. Which reminds me of a true story. A Dallas city slicker was bragging he’d just bought a 500 acre ranch outside of town. His lady friend from West Texas wasn’t impressed. She raised an eyebrow and drawled, “Honey, in West Texas, if it’s not at least 3000 acres, it’s not a ranch. Whoa! A Texas-sized put down.