by Phil Houseal | Sep 15, 2021 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
Sept 15, 2021–One of our forgotten pleasures is being read to. That was how we were all introduced to the world of words. This continued even after we learned to read silently to ourselves. I still remember my 6th grade teacher reading I, Juan de Pareja to our class...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 3, 2021 | All Articles, Food, History, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
9/8/2021–As I grow in wisdom, one thing I understand better is my Grandpa’s fascination with Archway Cookies. Archway Homestyle Cookies were a Midwest grocery store staple in the 1980s. These cookies stood out from the sleeves of hard, cookie-cutter type cookies then...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 1, 2021 | All Articles, Events, Food, Philosophy, Venue
Sept 1, 2021–One powerful and unexpected aspect of the world’s return to events, fairs, and festivals is the resurrection of the sense of smell. Corn dogs, cotton candy, grilled hunks of sausage on a stick, baked breads, and the most evocative olfactory profile of all...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 25, 2021 | All Articles, Philosophy
Aug 25, 2021–There is one lesson that battling a medical challenge teaches you. Sometimes the better part of valor is to do nothing. Forced inactivity is a foreign sensation for those of us who think productivity is life. If we aren’t canning tomatoes, balancing the...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 18, 2021 | All Articles, Philosophy
Aug 18, 2021–When Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes explained why his teams didn’t pass more, he said this: “Three things can happen on a pass play, and two of them are bad.” That is me in social situations. I have a tendency to say “the wrong thing.” At least,...
