Iwas sent to school with a sacked lunch. Eating in the lunchroom cost 20¢, and the food was awful — even the milk was diluted with water. I know because we had our own cows. Until high school, I was content with a jelly sandwich (Musbrot) for lunch, but occasionally, my mom slipped in a sandwich mad...

Cinematic Considerations Over the past several decades, there has been a sharp and steady decline in what is often known as docudrama, historically-based cinema that is fiction in a loose sense. These movies capture and chronicle moments in time in ways that transport audiences to other worlds or se...

Outdoors On Edge The year ahead will be a busy one for me and this column. I have several trips planned, ideas to explore, people to interview, and historical anecdotes to share. Here’s a look at some of what 2025 will see me and my writing covering. My first trip afield comes mid-February when I he...

Driven by a commitment to water conservation and wildlife support, Arlon Motsch replaced his traditional grass lawn with a variety of Texas native pla...

The Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office, with assistance from the Hill Country Master Gardeners, will hold their seventh annual Plantastic Vege...

The 2025 Hill District Grandstand Livestock Show began on Friday, Jan. 10 and will run through Saturday, Jan. 18. The show, taking place across Freder...