Lonesome Dove Revisited
The six-hour miniseries Lonesome Dove first aired in February 1989 while I was taking an evening painting class in ... Read More »
Liberty Delivered
Remember the Alamo? It was there that William B. Travis penned his famous letter, signed “Victory or Death,” on ... Read More »
Gung Hay Fat Choy,* Y’all!
Growing up in Houston in the late Sixties when the Chinese community was much smaller (and inconceivable that ... Read More »
Armadillo Day
Pennsylvania will grab some national attention when Punxsutawney Phil, the prognosticating groundhog predicts the ... Read More »
Adobe 2.0?
I first heard of papercrete 20 years ago, while visiting friends in Alpine who had moved from Austin. My friends, ... Read More »
Literal(ly) San Antonio
On a 1709 expedition into the unsettled territory north of the Rio Grande, Fray Isidro Espinosa of Nueva España ... Read More »
Of Pork and Posterity
Like most Texans, I grew up loving pork: bacon, bratwurst, ham, carnitas, chops, loin, hot dogs, baby-back ribs, ... Read More »
Songs in the Key of T
A guitar-brandishing fiberglass jalapeño beckons from the sidewalk in downtown Irving. Walk a few paces more and ... Read More »
Miles of Stylle
Stylle Read took an interest in re-creating old-time Texas with colorful artwork while growing up in Lufkin in the ... Read More »
Stitching the Alamo
The recent bestowing of World Heritage Site status to San Antonio’s five missions—the first attractions in Texas ... Read More »
Haven for history
Houston businessman J.P. Bryan had been searching for the perfect site for a museum to showcase his immense ... Read More »
The Great Wacoan Novel
The Houghton Mifflin Company made history in 1952 with the publication of a novel called Sironia, Texas. At ... Read More »