by Phil Houseal | Aug 27, 2020 | All Articles, Philosophy
Aug 26, 2020–The other day I jumped in the pickup to run up our driveway to fix the gate keypad. Recklessly, I neglected to fasten my seatbelt. Of course, my mother the truck disapproved of this irresponsible behavior, and proceeded to remind me the whole way with a...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 20, 2020 | All Articles, Events, Music, Philosophy, Venue
August 19, 2020–After months of isolation, I am venturing out in public more often. It reminded me why I stopped venturing out in public. It has nothing to do with social distancing. It’s more about social “closening.” It’s not because of any virus. I have a fear of...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 12, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Aug 12, 2020–In my role as grand-pere I’ve had to dust off my repertoire of fairy tales. There is nothing as effective as a repetitious story for sending an 18-month-old off to naptime, and my standbys are Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Billy Goats Gruff, and The...
by Phil Houseal | Aug 5, 2020 | All Articles, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Aug 5, 2020–“Bro. Why is there a pencil on your tree.” Because. Because I recently built a pencil. An 8-foot yellow pencil. It’s hanging on a tree above my mailbox. Why did I feel the need to do that? Isolation does weird things to you. When work is caught up, and...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 29, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
July 29, 2020– Sir Christopher Wren Said, “I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul’s.” That is an example of a poetic form called the clerihew. I am stunned that as a writer it was today I learned about this absurd...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 22, 2020 | All Articles, Philosophy
July 22, 2020–My remaining role in life is to feed things. A wise man told me if you want to know who controls you, figure out who buys your groceries. For my menagerie of critters, that person now is me. How did I become a zookeeper? I mean, there was a time I only...
