Cinematic Considerations Over the past several decades, there has been a sharp and steady decline in what is often known as docudrama, historically-based cinema that is fiction in a loose sense. These movies capture and chronicle moments in time in ways that transport audiences to other worlds or se...

Outdoors On Edge The year ahead will be a busy one for me and this column. I have several trips planned, ideas to explore, people to interview, and historical anecdotes to share. Here’s a look at some of what 2025 will see me and my writing covering. My first trip afield comes mid-February when I he...

At right, Brielle Thompson, age 9, of Fredericksburg, navigates her string and hook along the banks of Live Oak Creek which runs through Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park.

Ihave eaten Sacher Torte, but I cannot remember if it was in Vienna — its home. For certain, I had never heard of it in 1964, our first trip abroad. E...

Cinematic Considerations It’s pretty much pointless at this stage to question why Disney is developing live action remakes of their animated classic f...

Outdoors On Edge At the end of last week’s Christmas- themed column, I stated that, “writing this column and receiving feedback from all of you via em...