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Wisdom that works for everyone
Community, Gillespie Life
Wisdom that works for everyone
Wisdom that works for everyone
Phil Houseal 
January 28, 2026
HOUSE Once you’ve reached midlife, you are the least stupid you have ever been or ever will be. That’s why every person who has passed that milestone should write down wisdom from their life that worked for them, and that might work for future generations. “I am not wise,” you say? Yes, you are. The...
Danish Sour Cream Cookies were born of necessity
Gillespie Life, Taste
Danish Sour Cream Cookies were born of necessity
Stories from the F&W Farmstead Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
January 28, 2026
This recipe for Danish Sour Cream Cookies comes from Sarah Morgan’s 1971 “The Saga of Texas Cooking.” Deanna Fischer (Case’s wife), flagged it for me to review and maybe she was drawn to it because her father’s people were from Denmark, and the name alone suggested a familiar connection. Morgan’s bo...
Blood and the blues:
Gillespie Life, Movies
Blood and the blues:
BY MATT WARD 
January 28, 2026
Cinematic Considerations Horror movies don’t typically find themselves as major awards-season contenders. But “Sinners” isn’t a typical horror film. Crafted from the singular vision of Ryan Coogler, this period musical drama weaves elements of supernatural horror into a layered and textured piece of...
Kunz-Collins exchange vows in Dec. 30 St. Mary’s ceremony
Gillespie Life
Kunz-Collins exchange vows in Dec. 30 St. Mary’s ceremony
January 28, 2026
Hannah Emily Kunz and Charles Joseph Collins were united in marriage on Dec. 30, 2025, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fredericksburg with Fathers Da...
OLLI spring kickoff showcase ahead Feb. 4
Gillespie Life
OLLI spring kickoff showcase ahead Feb. 4
January 28, 2026
The Fredericksburg branch of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) of Texas Tech University (TTU) will hold a spring semester kickoff event Wed...
Columnist gets wa-‘zoo’-ed by drinks, bathroom habits
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Columnist gets wa-‘zoo’-ed by drinks, bathroom habits
OUTDOORS ON EDGE By Gayne C. Young 
January 21, 2026
The cassowary is a living dinosaur. It is the third largest bird on the planet, can run upwards of 30 mph, and carries dagger- like five-inch claws. T...
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Heritage girls sit at 1-1 in district
January 21, 2026
The Heritage Lady Eagles varsity girls’ basketball team went 1-1 last week in district basketball action. Heritage opened up district play with a 44-4...
Recipe connects people to history
Gillespie Life, Taste
Recipe connects people to history
Russian Rock Cookies are hearty, chewy
Stories from the F&W Farmstead Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
January 21, 2026
The Russian Rock Cookie recipe submitted to Kerrville’s Wesley-Philathea Class Recipes by Mrs. Gus Schreiner caught my attention for reasons that had ...
Tickets go on sale Monday for FTC’s ‘My Fair Lady’
Gillespie Life
Tickets go on sale Monday for FTC’s ‘My Fair Lady’
January 21, 2026
Fredericksburg Theater Company’s winter musical, “My Fair Lady,” opens February 13 and will run through March 1 at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater at 16...
FHS band director gets accolades
Education, Gillespie Life
FHS band director gets accolades
January 21, 2026
Fredericksburg High School Assistant Band Director Jeremy Kindla was named the Texas Lutheran University’s Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Year durin...
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