by Phil Houseal | Jan 22, 2025 | All Articles, Education, History, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Jan 22, 2024–In my weekly scribblings I am always tickled when readers take time to respond, often to unexpected aspects of my columns. As happened when I received this: “Thank you for your article The Scent of Color, and thank you for your interest in Crayola...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 15, 2025 | All Articles, Education, Food, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Jan 15, 2024–If chickens didn’t exist, Elon Musk would have to invent them. Think about it. Chickens are the Swiss Army knives of the food pantry. Imagine the discussion around the table at The Creator’s Create-A-Creature Corporation. “OK, team. The boss wants us to...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 8, 2025 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Jan 8, 2024–During my first round of raising offspring, I had a brainstorm for creating an innovative building system. Recognizing the cliché that every kid had more fun playing with the box \ than the toy that came inside it, I sketched out ideas on how to connect...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 1, 2025 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Jan 1, 2024–After a decade of principled resistance, I’ve finally let an unwelcome visitor inside my house. “Alexa… are you turned on?” I know, I know. I fought against allowing the snoopy digital neighbor into my home because of invasion of privacy, data...
by Phil Houseal | Dec 25, 2024 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
(Note: This is a column from 2015, updated and reprinted by request.) Dec 25, 2024–I am thinking about my Aunt Rose this week. She was 250 years old. At least she seemed to be that age in my childish worldview. She was actually born in 1898, the ninth of 10 children,...
