by Phil Houseal | Jan 25, 2017 | Education, Events, People of the Hill Country
Jan 25, 2017–Not to alarm readers, but the Hill Country is being invaded by marauding hordes, intent upon establishing a sovereign country ruled by medieval laws and customs. And food and fun. The invaders march under the flag of the Kerrville Renaissance Festival, a...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 18, 2017 | Education, People of the Hill Country
Jan 18, 2017–Yeti exist. They live at the South Pole. This news is according to my son, who is finishing his second stint working at Amundsen-Scott Station at 90 degrees south latitude. One of the highlights of his mail call is answering letters from elementary...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 11, 2017 | Education
Jan 11, 2017–When I arrived in Fredericksburg in 1978, I fell in love with everything about the area. The food, the music, the climate, the scenery, the mix of German, Spanish, and Southwestern cultures. The one thing missing? Local access to higher education....
by Phil Houseal | Dec 23, 2015 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, Music, Philosophy
Dec 23, 2015–On a recent trip to Iowa I took part in our family’s cherished holiday tradition–we burned a piano. That’s right. On a cold Midwestern night, with snow on the ground and stars overhead, family and friends circled the instrument and took turns playing it...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 19, 2015 | All Articles, Education, History, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Aug 19, 2015–They found the sheep. They also discovered one of the most beautiful caves in the world. Mary McGrath Curry was around 6 years old when she and her two brothers, Harold and Jimmy, set off on their journey toward the center of the Earth. She is now 86 and...
by Phil Houseal | Sep 24, 2014 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
Sept 24, 2014–I remember the year my dad took a painting class. It changed the way I looked at grownups. This happened around my fourth-grade year. My dad would have been in his early 40s then… a very old person in my worldview. At dinner one evening, he...
