Co-op People
Putting greens and oil changes at Bernie Sachs’ country club/lube shop The main criteria for…
Co-op People
Panhandle author has sold more than 7 million books about a cowdog named Hank John R. Erickson is…
Observations
It seems that books with humor and upbeat characters are a rare treat these days I crave feel-good…
OBSERVATIONS
Quantum leap of fate: Here’s one happy couple that beat the odds This is a true story. The names…
Footnotes in Texas History
Frederick Law Olmstead’s highly enjoyable romp through Texas in the early settlement days before…
Footnotes in Texas History
Did Lone Star State put the funny in the Marx Brothers? Not long ago in these pages, we extolled…
Currents
Some of the stuff we looked into while you were reading last month’s issue June marks several…
Texas History
A bullet silences William Cowper Brann’s rapier barrage on Baylor The pen is mightier than the…
Currents
Some of the topics we looked into while you were reading last month’s issue No hurricane named…
Armadillo World Headquarters: from incubator to Austin music legacy During its remarkable and…
Observations
That night the memory of the beautiful flour tortillas growing in my grandmother’s hands filled…
Observations
My daughter has no Mexican clothes. We discovered this when she came home announcing that her…
Observations
We walked together and never spoke a word My grandfather and I walked in silence together down the…
Finish This Sentence
Here are the many ways readers finished this sentence Here’s how our readers finished that…
Observations
But on High Plains, where storm clouds often gather with amazing swiftness, rainbows, too, can just…
Observations
Remembering backstage trials and rewards as Shakespeare at Winedale turns 50 There are some…
Observations
It takes a special teacher to understand and connect with a special student My mother taught me to…
Texas Faces
Opera singer from East Texas stirs audiences around the world Since New York City’s Metropolitan…
TEXAS USA
There’s just something about pumpkins that prompts Perryton art teacher Scott Cummins to make a…
Texas USA
Circleville Philosopher entertained small-town newspaper readers with satire Philosopher Henry Fox…
Currents
Some of the topics we looked into while you were reading last month’s issue A major chapter in…
Kevin’s Kitchen
Bacon—and recipes featuring bacon—are sizzling among food-o-philes Pork comes in many forms and…
Observations
Decades later, a child’s imagination keeps magic alive beneath this old, oak table It starts with…
Texas Reader
Then and now, RoseAleta Laurell—the famous librarian on the roof—keeps children turning the…
Texas USA
Pioneer’s writings take us on a High Plains adventure that started in an ox-pulled wagon Nellie…