by Phil Houseal | Aug 23, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
Aug 23, 2023–No matter how many times you snake along Farm to Market Road 1376, a small tingle rises when you turn off on Luckenbach’s Town Loop. I vividly recall my first trip here in 1978. It was like a pilgrimage to Lourdes. The song Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 16, 2023 | All Articles, Education, History, Philosophy
Aug 16, 2023 “Yes, young girls need role models. But whether these are male or female is irrelevant. We admire other people for certain qualities. For me, these are honor, courage, talent, kindness, intellect. Decency.” Claire Lehmann This quote got me...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 9, 2023 | All Articles, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Aug 9, 2023–Here’s a life lesson for aspiring musicians: “The more you play, the more you play.” That’s the motto of a recent Hill Country resident, who also, oh, happens to have been the fiddler for Asleep At The Wheel for eight years. “I still feel like a student,”...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 19, 2023 | All Articles, Philosophy
July 19, 2023– All words are made up. The very purpose of golf is to get good enough to play less of it. We need more respect for bullies. Without bullies, there would be no children’s stories, sit-com plots, or pulp westerns. Why does every other post on a Breaking...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 12, 2023 | All Articles, Philosophy
July 12, 2023–If golf is a good walk, ruined, then fishing is a good nap, wasted. This won’t make me popular with fisherpeople (not a big deal–the USS Popular has long sailed from that dock), but I simply do not understand the appeal of fishing. You buy costly gear....
by Phil Houseal | Jul 5, 2023 | All Articles, Education, Food, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
July 5, 2023–Soap in a sock, batteries in the dishwasher, and banana peels on burns. These are a few of your favorite hacks, according to responses to my online request. I always regret crowd-sourcing my column, but sometimes it’s fun to let people try at home what I...
