by Phil Houseal | May 13, 2020 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
May 13, 2020–During my lockdown-compliant travels through my silverfish-invested bookshelves, I came across a timely trilogy from the 1990s–The Tightwad Gazette, Volumes I, II, and III. These 300-page tomes were compilations of a popular newsletter produced by Amy...
by Phil Houseal | May 8, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
May 6, 2020–With a boost from technology, Joan Speer is making sure her high school students stay in a “calculus community.” That’s what the Fredericksburg High School (FHS) math teacher misses most about the current suspension of public schools due to The Virus Which...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 29, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
April 29, 2020–In the Time of the Virus, I’ve been going through my bookshelf to find inspiration and ideas. Among the editions not yet donated to the library book sale, I came across an old favorite from 1983–Rules of Thumb, by Tom Parker. He defined a Rule of Thumb...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 12, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Mar 11, 2020–Why have puppets fascinated humanity throughout history? Why do they continue to fascinate us? Because they cut across every culture, era, language, and age, according to Rob D’Arc, who will be building them at his workshop this weekend during the Llano...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 19, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, People of the Hill Country
Feb 19, 2020–With less than a week before their first performance, the inaugural class of In The Moment Improv did not even have a name. No one was worried. After all, it is an “improv” group, and stepping on stage immersed in uncertainty is sort of their raison...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 12, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Feb 12, 2020–While serving on yet another committee, I realized how many of my skills were learned in an elementary school classroom. Not as a student, but as the teacher. I consider myself a big picture guy who thinks in generalities. Buckminster Fuller was my muse....
