by Phil Houseal | Feb 10, 2015 | People of the Hill Country
Jan 21, 2015–If you’re not making mistakes, you’re doing something wrong. Goes against everything you’ve learned, right? We grow up thinking mistakes are bad. We fear goofing up in front of peers. From when you made the last out in slow pitch to when you gave the...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 2, 2014 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
“Money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.” International celebrity and Hill Country resident Richard “Kinky” Friedman is seeking both money and love at his Concert for Utopia on April 13. The world knows Kinky Friedman as front man for...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 5, 2014 | All Articles, History, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
by Phil Houseal
Jan 15, 2014 NOTE: Thanks to an invitation from Clifton Fifer, retired history teacher, and popular re-enactor, and Paula Reynolds, who is working on a book about Esther, I was able to spend an afternoon interviewing Esther Lehmann, 90-year-old niece...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 5, 2014 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
by Phil Houseal Jan 8, 2014 History from a distance is a textbook. But when it sits across the table from you, speaks to you, and lets you touch the rawhide sinews that bridge two centuries, history lives. So the tale unfolded as I spent an afternoon at the Sunday...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 31, 2013 | All Articles, Events, History, People of the Hill Country, Venue
July 31, 2013–So the Pastor was doing a sermon on the life of Jesus, and he asked what was the biggest festival of year. One youngster raised his hand, and said, “The Schuetzenfest.” “This actually happened at our church way back,” said Charles Feller, Secretary of...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 12, 2013 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
June 12, 2013–All we wanted was to play classical music in a bar. We didn’t know we were part of a revolution. It started one cold, dark night back in February when our local string quartet–Theresa Britt, John Reeve, Tammy Widener, and I–stepped on stage at Hondo’s,...
