oatmeal, texas

Oatmeal, on Road 243 out of Burnet, is one of the oldest settlements in the county -- current population 20 -- but this morning it was only the bird and me. I don't think the residents of the Oatmeal Cemetery count for population. But the numbers increase Labor Day Weekend for the Oatmeal Festival, which started in the 1970s as a spoof on chili cook offs.