Is it really already August?! This month, I’ve chosen a sunrise photograph from my spring trip to Big Bend National Park for the August 2019 Calendar. As some of you know, I’ve been...
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Nadir in Far West Texas
Time travel, tequila, and wide open spaces. My journey into Big Bend....
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December 5 Marks the End of Prohibition
And doesn’t that deserve a big celebration?! Last year, I was in San Antonio, Texas, at the Esquire Tavern — which opened its doors on December 5, 1933, in response to the death of...
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Addictive: West Texas Steak Rub
This comes from my many trips to the Big Bend region of Texas. I've been making this steak rub for well over twenty years now, and it's a favorite staple in my spice cupboard....
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A Kolache Kind of Morning
It's a Texas thing, bordering on obsession in some parts of the state. Good kolaches are amazing: yeasty and tender, a resilient bread that's light, buttery, and oh-so-slighty sweet....
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Rodeo Houston 2018: Photo Gallery
33,000 volunteers, 2.4 million visitors, and over 26 million dollars in scholarship money to Texas students in 2018 alone.
What are we talking about? It's the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, of course!...
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Fixe Restaurant – Southern Charm in Austin Texas
A 2018 review of Fixe restaurant in downtown Austin: Upscale and down-home -- a hopping, somewhat noisy ambiance -- like grandma's back porch has been dressed up and adopted by the coolest city in...
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Whooping Crane Morning
In early December, I drove to Rockport, Texas. Mission: to visit Whooping Cranes in their winter home. I met Captain Kevin Sims the next morning, just before sunrise, and we headed out on Aransas Bay...
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Good Music on a Hot Afternoon
Hot Damn. I need a drink. I took three teenage girls to the Austin City Limits Festival. The original plan involved having another mom with me, but it didn’t go down that way. So...
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