Friends with the Devils (River, That Is)
As dusk light settles across West Texas’ Devils River, the wind subsides and a languid dispassion sinks into this ... Read More »
Borderland Amazing
Amistad. The Spanish word means “friendship,” but to many visitors at Amistad National Recreation Area, about 10 ... Read More »
Calvert’s CocoaModa
Flamboyant characters like former Brit Ken Wilkinson, who arrived in the sleepy Brazos Valley town of Calvert a ... Read More »
Hills of Home
Along US 281 on the hillside just south of the Colorado River in Marble Falls, an historical marker honors Oscar ... Read More »
Signs of Texas
There are some things we take for granted in Texas: Hill Country sunsets, pit barbecue, the Dallas Cowboys, and ... Read More »
A TH Moment with Robert Earl Keen
One of the first things you notice about Robert Earl Keen is that he talks the way he writes. The balladeer—whose ... Read More »
Wave Riders: Ocean Motion on Texas’ Coast
As a teenager, I spent a good part of each summer strolling the sand at Galveston. On the radio, The Beach Boys ... Read More »
El Paso del Norte: Glimpses of a Grande City
Why is El Paso one of my favorite Texas cities? Can I put my finger on it? Mis amigos, I can almost ... Read More »
Corpus Christi and Me
Three beguiling bottlenose dolphins —D.J., Shadow and Kai—reign as the undisputed stars of the Texas State ... Read More »
Ridleys Believe it or Not! Sea Turtles in Texas
Long before human feet touched the sandy shores of the western Gulf of Mexico, tens of thousands of female sea ... Read More »
A Stitch in Time
Against the backdrop of the ghastly destruction that Hurricane Ike dealt to Galveston Island in September ... Read More »
The Dinosaur Highway
A teenager’s chance discovery 100 years ago in Somervell County caused a stir among locals and eventually drew ... Read More »
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