Cinematic Considerations So much happens in the first five minutes of writer/ director Jason Reitman’s new movie “Saturday Night,” that it’s overwhelming. Seven characters, all working at breakneck speed, are introduced, and the audience is whipped through the halls of a television studio. The camer...

Outdoors On Edge Work took me to Whitefish, Montana, last weekend where my friend, mentor and host Al did all he could to ensure that I had an enjoyable, safe and unforgettable trip. Read on to see how Al did and whether this trip went as smoothly as all the others I’ve been involved in and written ...

Once, as he lay as close to dying as he has ever come, he heard from angels. They texted him. It is already an unreal state of being when you exist in that place between life and death. You exist. That is all. You cease to worry about paying the utility bill, what you are going to wear to the dance,...

The Fredericksburg High School marching band, “The Pride of the Texas Hill Country” had a jam-packed weekend, performing at Friday’s home football gam...

Friends of the Written Word announced this week that it has received a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country to fund t...

Library launches seed bank program Plant lovers are invited to participate in the upcoming seed bank at Pioneer Memorial Library, a program in partner...