by Phil Houseal | Mar 22, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
Mar 22, 2023–One Wednesday every month I have a date with a special lady. Since last fall, “Pearl” and I have programmed robots, designed circuits, studied bugs, and built structures. You see, Pearl is my 7-year-old granddaughter, and our dates are to the Science Mill...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 15, 2023 | All Articles, Education
March 15, 2023–When I first came to Texas, I almost got sent back over the Red River. It was at a club in San Antonio when I asked a native Texan where I might attend the ballet. What followed was awkward silence and a stare that made me feel like I was in a saloon in...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 9, 2023 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
Mar 8, 2023–I hate old memories; I prefer making new ones while I’m able. What’s wrong with memories? Three things: 1) They are never true. 2) They are embarrassing 3) They don’t help create the future. 1) Memories are never true I was raised in a litter of nine....
by Phil Houseal | Mar 1, 2023 | All Articles, History, Philosophy
Mar 1, 2023–Attending an event recently, I discovered I’d forgotten my phone. So I actually kept my head tilted up and gazed over the crowd seated around me. You know what I noticed? The hair. I was bobbing amidst a sea of white-topped heads. They looked like inverted...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 22, 2023 | All Articles, Food, History, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Feb 22, 2023–A native Texan who worked one summer for a farmer in Iowa was describing the experience: “I’d help during the soybean harvest. At noon, his wife would drive out into the field in the family station wagon, open the tailgate, and there would be a full...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 15, 2023 | All Articles, History, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Feb 15, 2023–After ranting about how no one listens to any advice that might actually change your life, I heard from readers giving their advice, anyway. Most were silly, involving warnings about squatting on cactus, eating yellow snow, and changing your underwear....
