“A Night at the Museum”

“A Night at the Museum”

Carlos Ashley was a Texas original—at once a public servant and a poet deeply shaped by the land that raised him. Born and reared along Cherokee Creek in San Saba County around the opening years of the twentieth century, Ashley carried the cadence, humor, and hard-earned wisdom of the Texas Hill Country with him throughout his life. Though his travels took him far beyond Texas, his identity remained firmly rooted in the limestone hills, clear cr…