Recently, I had to embark on something I haven’t done, nor had the desire to do, for three decades — travel. More specifically, I had to undertake a cross-country car trip. In my youth, traveling coast to coast and border to border was in my blood. In fact, I couldn’t wait to get off the farm to see...

Three area Texas young adult (YA) and children’s authors will be presenting at Pioneer Memorial Library at the Second Annual Book Festival, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. David Bowles, from the Rio Grande Valley, Christopher Bodmann, of San Antonio, and April Henley, from Houston, along with Carmen Tafoll...

The Zonta Club of Fredericksburg was awarded a matching grant from Create Healthy to promote the Dolly Parton Imagination Library project. The Zonta Club aims to enhance literacy across Gillespie County through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The free program mails a free book to the child’s h...

The Devils River is no longer accessible via Lake Amistad. My wife, Cheryl, and I discovered this last weekend during a visit to the Lone Star State’s...

What single-purpose tools facilitate your daily living? That is, what is a tool that does only one thing, does it so well that you couldn’t function w...

Heath Sparkling Wines and Invention Vineyards have announced guided tours at the Heath Family Brands’ new sparkling wine production facility at Invent...