by Phil Houseal | Jul 6, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
Update: Mensa will administer the Mensa qualification test on Friday, Oct 6, at Schreiner University from 1:45 to 4 pm in the “Fishbowl.” For details, call Gary at 830-739-1730. Sample Mensa test and answers at end of column. July 6, 2017–When I entered...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 22, 2017 | All Articles, Events, People of the Hill Country, Venue
June 21, 2017–As a sound guy, Greg Stone usually deals with guitar feedback, making sure backup vocals don’t bury the lead singer, and keeping drums out of the monitors. So when Nimitz Foundation staff approached him about setting up the sound system for the Pacific...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 30, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Music, People of the Hill Country
Mar 29, 2017–She’ll be singing Gedenken-vergessen, a lieder composed by Frank Valentine Van der Stucken in 1892. But truth be told, mezzo-soprano September van der Stoel would feel just as comfortable singing jazz. “Jazz is my first love. I absolutely love...
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...
