by Phil Houseal | Apr 3, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
April 3, 2023–After eight years at its helm, and more than three decades as one of its biggest fans, Mary Muse is stepping down as Executive Director of the Kerrville Folk Festival (KFF) following this year’s event, effective June 30, 2023. “For Bill and me both, we...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 29, 2023 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
Mar 29, 2023–Here’s a modest proposal for hyperactivity in pre-teens: let them be kidnapped by Comanches 150 years ago. Hear me out before howling. I’ve been reading the stories of the Hill Country children who were taken into the Comanche and Apache tribes in the...
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...
