Tunes & Tales Brent Burgess There is a lot of selfcare going around these days. Have you noticed? Are you doing yoga? Spending time in daily prayer and meditation? How many self-help podcasts did you listen to this month? Did you post a few affirming memes on your Facebook page this week? Self-care ...

It’s been sobering and embarrassing to see Fredericksburg making national news as an emerging hotspot in the anti-democracy movement. In the last few weeks, we learned that the entire Gillespie County elections administrative staff resigned due to repeated threats and harassment since 2020 — an even...

There are many reasons I am always proud to have grown up in Fredericksburg and fortunate enough to have raised our family here. Saturday night was one of those times. Three creative and innovative young men, David Pedregon, Daryl Whitworth and Jamie Vogel (all home grown) built on the success of Pa...

About a month ago, before my wife Monica went on her school backpacking trip to Colorado, she asked me if we could watch an alpaca farm for her friend...

I am on the verge of knowing whether people can change or not. I think this is a lot like love at first sight — people feel strongly toward belief or ...

With my career at the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau coming to a close in about two months, I have been doing some reflection on the pas...