Inspiring events recognize veterans, settlers and slave families;s offer hopeful spirit This past weekend was a good one, and not just for the usual events and tourist-related happenings. Two multi-day occasions had powerful and heartfelt messages and stagings behind them — the commemorative events ...

H appy Mother’s Day (May 11, 2025) to all the “mean moms” out there. The late Erma Bombeck’s words from her column “A Mother’s Love” written in the 1980’s still ring true today: “Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I’ll tell them. I loved you eno...

Reckless Muse For those fathers who have yet to purchase a Mother’s Day gift on behalf of their children for the woman in their lives, I would like to offer some helpful advice. Do not, under any circumstances, no matter how practical the woman in your life may seem, buy her a vacuum cleaner. Even i...

“Swifties” are invited to grab their friends and friendship bracelets, as Lover, a Taylor Swift Tribute band, brings Swift’s Eras Tour experience to T...

Land of Promise announces the release of Lux Libertas, its first Texas-grown wine, and the grand opening of its new tasting room in Fredericksburg. Th...

The Aztecs, Incas and Mayans enjoyed salsa in the Americas centuries before the Spanish arrived. By 1494, the first chili peppers reached Spain. Their...