by Phil Houseal | Feb 13, 2019 | All Articles, Philosophy
Feb 13, 2019–My mom died last week. It was the final separation, but what intrigues me is that it’s a separation that has been underway my entire life. This is just the last step. It begins at the aftermath of birth, really. In a painful and precise moment, we are all...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 8, 2019 | All Articles, Philosophy
Feb 6, 2019–The worst business to be in is the one that when you do it well, no one notices. Because then the only time you hear from a customer is when they are unhappy. Take, for example, any internet service provider. How unsettling it must be, to go into work...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 31, 2019 | All Articles, Philosophy
Jan 31, 2019–I remember that time I shipped my body across the country. I was traveling to a work conference in California. As I shuttled from plane to plane, from tram to moving walkway, to airport limo and finally to rental car, I pretended I was cargo. I tried to...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 23, 2019 | All Articles, Events, Food, History, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
Jan 23, 2018–Over the next couple of weekends, legions of adventurous spirits will arrive in the Hill Country to interact as knights, jesters, maidens, and other denizens of Middle Age European villages at the Kerrville Renaissance Festival. What makes our neighbors...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 19, 2019 | All Articles, Education, Philosophy
Jan 17, 2019–Over the holidays I sat down to read stories to my 3-year-old granddaughter. Unable to bear another round of Goodnight, Moon, I grabbed a volume of my Childcraft books from the 1950s. It fell open to Jack and The Beanstalk, so we started reading. Oh my!...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 10, 2019 | All Articles, Events, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
January 9, 2019– What would you be doing if you didn’t have to make a living? For Linda Morgan, the answer is easy. “Whether anyone was listening or not, I would be singing in a field looking at what God created. I would be singing for that connection.” Fortunately,...
