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....
by Phil Houseal | Jan 27, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, Food, History, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Jan 29, 2020–Musketeer, fire breather, or wizard, it’s always fascinating what motivates a person who leads an otherwise conventional life to don the garb and persona of a character living in the middle ages. To help me understand, Cathryn Harper agreed to talk on...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 16, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Music, Philosophy
Jan 15, 2020–In order to conquer a challenge, we must stop respecting it so much. In Mike Tyson’s book Undisputed Truth, he tells how famed boxing trainer Cus D’Amato took him on has a teenager and guided him to become heavyweight champion of the world. When D’Amato...
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...
