Asher Elbein

Asher Elbein is a freelance writer from Texas who specializes in writing about the wild, old and dead. His work can be found at asherelbein.com, or on social media at @asherelbein.bsky.social.

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Four women, hand-in-hand running through shallow water on a beach with many people behind them

Vintage

Vintage: Life’s a Beach in Old Galveston

Nature

Texas’ Big and Bright Stars By the Numbers

Four children in Easter Bunny costumes surround a wheelbarrow filled with plastic eggs, behind them is a large pile of brush with a wooden cross atop it

Vintage

Vintage: Fredericksburg’s Easter Fires

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Vintage

Vintage Texas: The Rich History of Indian Lodge

History

Washington-on-the-Brazos Gets a Glow Up

Nature

The Majesty of Gorman Falls

History

Painting the Brush

Texas Alligators Aren’t as Mean as You Think

History

Take Me Back to AstroWorld

Wildlife

Are Grackles in Trouble in Texas?

Nature

A Texan’s Guide to Butterfly Season

Are You a True Texan?

Museums

Travel Back in Time to Prehistoric Texas

Drive

The Total Solar Eclipse by the Numbers

Gobble Gobble: Meet the Wild Turkeys of Texas

Where Did All of Texas’ Wild Mustangs Go?

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