The Great Camel Experiment
Doug Baum’s farm outside of Waco looks like most others in Central Texas. There are a few scattered, scrubby ... Read More »
For the Love of the Lyric
Among the many good reasons to visit downtown Galveston, one of the more obscure, but best, is a passion for song. ... Read More »
Artomobiles!
On a sunny day last May, the bustle of traffic along Houston’s Allen Parkway momentarily slowed to a crawl ... Read More »
Prehistoric Painters
The desert canyonlands formed by the Rio Grande, Devil’s, and Pecos rivers may appear inhospitable to travelers ... Read More »
An Artist’s Journey
The road to artist Philip John Evett’s Hill Country home runs along and across the Blanco River, past majestic ... Read More »
Eggstraordinary!
It was a case of mistaken identity. I thought I was Wendish, a descendant of that group of Eastern Europeans who ... Read More »
‘Conquer or Perish:’ The story of the San Jacinto Monument
When Houston Businessman Jesse H. Jones approached the federal government for money to help build the San Jacinto ... Read More »
Canton Trade Days
The flea-market phenomenon known as Canton’s First Monday Trade Days dates to the 1850s, when traders brought dry ... Read More »
Almost.
Bison graze just beyond the main road as we enter Caprock Canyons State Park northeast of Lubbock. They loom ... Read More »
Sustainable Beauty
We both grew up on ranches, separated by time and distance, but bound by common experience. Life on the land ... Read More »
Tracing General Sam’s Piney Woods
After crossing the Red River into Texas in December of 1832, Sam Houston’s first stop was the city of ... Read More »
Back to the Frontier
Earlier this winter, an ice storm swept across the state, arriving in full force along an imaginary line that once ... Read More »