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Over the River and Through the Woods shows at FTC for one last weekend
Community, Gillespie Life
Over the River and Through the Woods shows at FTC for one last weekend
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
April 22, 2026
The Fredericksburg Theater Company (FTC) is in the midst of presenting its 29th season, Joe DiPietro’s Over the River and Through the Woods. Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, will mark the spring comedy’s final three performances at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater, 1668 U.S. 87 South. The sh...
We are all ghosts
Community, Gillespie Life
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We are all ghosts
Phil Houseal 
April 22, 2026
HOUSE Have you ever made a terrible faux pas in public and wished you could just disappear? Good news! You’re already gone! There was a psychology experiment back in 2000 that tested something called the “invisible guest theory.” Student guinea pigs were assigned to wear a Barry Manilow T-shirt in r...
Give me that old AI Religion
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Give me that old AI Religion
Phil Houseal By Phil Houseal, 1994 
April 8, 2026
HOUSE Have you heard that people are now setting up religions worshipping Artificial Intelligence? This should not be unexpected. After all, the various manifestations of AI present themselves as allknowing, all-seeing entities that provide every answer to every question, even existential ones. I co...
Frontier Fest shines during rainy weekend
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Frontier Fest shines during rainy weekend
April 8, 2026
Strong winds and intermittent heavy rain did not stop the blacksmith’s hammer from swinging or the cannon from blasting as Fort Martin Scott State His...
Achieving less on my personal coffee journey
Community, Gillespie Life
Achieving less on my personal coffee journey
Achieving less on my personal coffee journey
Phil Houseal 
March 25, 2026
HOUSE How many of you coffee bean explorers have sailed the seas with Starbuck, scaled the Andes with Juan Valdez, and saved a marriage with Mrs. Olse...
Remembering Lange’s Grocery
Community, Gillespie Life
Remembering Lange’s Grocery
A granddaughter of its owners looks back on simpler times
By Mary Wiemers 
March 18, 2026
My maternal grandfather, Rudy Lange (a.k.a. “Opa”), was an entrepreneur. He completed 10th grade at St. Mary’s High School in Fredericksburg before st...
When did everything become a pod?
Community, Gillespie Life
When did everything become a pod?
When did everything become a pod?
Phil Houseal 
March 18, 2026
HOUSE Amost pivotal change in culture happened in our lifetimes. Yet I would bet most of you haven’t recognized it. This simple conversion changed at ...
25 years of dressing Fredericksburg
Community, Gillespie Life
25 years of dressing Fredericksburg
Haberdashery Boutique marks quarter century of being a Main Street mainstay
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
March 11, 2026
Jill Elliot opened Haberdashey Boutique on a chilly March day of 2001. She was three months pregnant when her retail space came to life in the 450-squ...
A question about the decades
Community, Gillespie Life
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A question about the decades
Phil Houseal 
March 11, 2026
HOUSE Today I’m asking readers a question my 10-year-old granddaughter asked me that I cannot answer: Which 10-year period in your life was your least...
Pregnancy Center relocates to Milam Street
Community, Gillespie Life
Pregnancy Center relocates to Milam Street
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
March 4, 2026
Thanks to generous donations from two Fredericksburg locals, the Heart of the Hills pregnancy center has moved to a modern ranch-style building at 520...
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