by Phil Houseal | Dec 18, 2019 | All Articles, Education, Events, Philosophy
Dec 18, 2019–I resent how much effort it takes to get dressed every morning. Pull on undershorts. Pull on undershirt. Pull on one sock. Pull on the other (hopefully, matching) sock. Pull on pants. Put on shirt. Pull on shoes. Then the fastening begins: Fasten 6...
by Phil Houseal | Dec 12, 2019 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
Dec 11, 2019–‘Tis the season for holiday programs and pageants. Every parent, grandparent, and squirmy sibling will spend at least one evening packed in a school auditorium or stuffed in an undersized classroom chair watching a parade of plays and eating potluck. That...
by Phil Houseal | Nov 20, 2019 | All Articles, Education, History, People of the Hill Country
Nov 20, 2019–For a state perceived as largely desert, Texas has an “insanely diverse” number of water habitats. That includes approximately 1,100 public impoundments covering 1.7 million acres, and 191,000 miles of rivers and streams. All of these waters are potential...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 30, 2019 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
Oct 30, 2019–Get along, little wormy. Now you can be a real Texas rancher, and all you need is a plastic bin with a lid. Your livestock? Mealworms. Crispy, juicy, squirmy morsels that chickens can’t resist and lizards leap for. Hill Country worm herder Janell Reyenga...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 24, 2019 | All Articles, Education, Events, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
October 22, 2019–As with many a Halloween decorating scheme, this one started with a simple idea that got out of hand. In five years a few floating candles have blazed into a full-blown reproduction of the magical Diagon Alley from the world of Harry Potter books and...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 17, 2019 | All Articles, Education, Events, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Oct 16, 2019–So much of our daily communication is cocktail party conversation without the cocktails: shallow ramblings about the weather, recent medical procedures, or political rants. The words may serve to lubricate the hub of the social wheel, but seldom set any...
