by Phil Houseal | Jul 1, 2020 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
July 1, 2020–Last week I ventured out. Out of the house, out of town, out of my comfort zone. I took a class. I’ve always been fascinated by the art of script writing. Which is unusual, because writing of any kind was not a plausible path out of the corn patch, and I...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 17, 2020 | All Articles, Education, History, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
June 17, 2020–When I first moved to the Hill Country, I was not prepared for how seriously Texans take their history. Growing up in one of the 49 non-Texan states, I arrived unaware of the colorful story of how this 6-flagged region became the Lone Star State....
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 | 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 | Mar 5, 2020 | All Articles, Events, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Mar 4, 2020–For Pat Green, writing songs and sculpting bronzes are not that different. “I’m telling the truth. I just want to tell it in different ways.” The chart-topping American Texas Country artist known for his hit Wave on Wave will reveal another side of his...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 25, 2020 | All Articles, History, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Feb 26, 2020–Sometimes an idea is so elegant, it is discovered more than once. Such is the case with the “cello podium.” This platform cum amplifier started as a rumor uncovered by Ken Freudigman when he was a cello student at Eastman School of Music back in 1985. The...
