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Michael J. Mooney

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Culture

In Good Company

By Michael J. Mooney
October 28, 2024
A person sits on a bench beneath a large Live Oak tree in a cemetery

Family Travel

Cemetery Strolls Offer an Opportunity to Meditate on Life’s Big Questions

By Michael J. Mooney
September 29, 2022
A man in an orange shirt and gold chain looks off into the distance in front of a green forested background

Art

Acclaimed Artist Jesse Lott Sculpts the Houston Art Scene and Beyond

By Michael J. Mooney
August 25, 2022

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Drive

Hop In and Travel With the Texas Country Reporter

By Michael J. Mooney
December 23, 2021

How The Last Picture Show Changed the World’s View of Small Town Texas

By Michael J. Mooney
July 29, 2021
Two people in the aisled of a Buc-ee's rest stop surrounded by snacks

24 Hours in the Life of Buc-ee’s, Texas’ Beloved Gas Station

By Michael J. Mooney
April 29, 2021

The Power of Richard Linklater’s Nostalgia

By Michael J. Mooney
August 27, 2020
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Tammie Jo Shults, who is currently a Southwest Airlines pilot, poses in front of a Navy F/A-18A in this 1992 photo released in Washington, DC, U.S., April 18, 2018. Thomas P. Milne/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Meet Tammie Jo Shults, American Hero Twice Over

By Michael J. Mooney
December 27, 2019
An illustration of a man and woman sitting at a dark bar, one drinking wine and the other drinking beer

Open Road

On the Magic of a Hotel Bar

By Michael J. Mooney
August 29, 2019

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