Culture

Glorious is not the adjective most Texans would use to describe the Gulf of Mexico. Most of us take it for granted. Generally, the nicest thing we say about the Gulf is that it’s close and convenient. Texas A&M University Press author…

I’m going to climb on my soapbox. My legs are short, so it may take me a while to clamber up… Brace yourself. Here it comes. Art is for everybody! Yes, everybody—even people like me, a redneck tomboy who as a child considered…

Allyson Hoffmann doesn’t remember whether she was in the first or second grade when she took her first class sponsored by Arts for Rural Texas in Fayetteville (ARTS), but she does remember her first project. “We painted three mice. Each…

For 150 years, Bethlehem Lutheran Church has been a community pillar in Round Top.
The history of the church and the town are deeply intertwined. “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20  THE…

What is Thistle Downe?  Well, it’s a charming miniature twig house, an inspiring and entertaining book about trolls and fairies—and for its creators, Molly and Gary Whitney, it’s a state of mind.
 The Whitneys built the little house from…

Jessica Robertson, one of the stars of A&E's Duck Dynasty television show, signed copies of the book she co-authored with her husband Jep: The Good, The Bad and The Grace of God. The book signing was at the Junk Gypsy World Headquarters…

The Tipping Point of No Return I (Katie) admit that sometimes I find tipping to be challenge...Not doing it, but figuring out when/where/how. When I read this post by Dayna Steele (who I think has good sense and is witty besides) it caused…