Mysteries and Motivation, Oh My!
Austin temperatures finally soared into the triple digits. And stayed there. When it gets this unrelentingly hot, all I want to do is sit inside …
Hot Days Call For Aguas Frescas
How could you ever completely separate Mexico and Texas? As a native Texan, I’m not always sure where one culture ends and the other begins, …
Know Before You Go: Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
Every trail has a personality. Austin’s woodsy paths are my friends and, just as with any group of buddies, different outings call for different faces. …
Reading to Escape
One connecting thread has driven my recent book selections: avoidance. What am I trying to escape? For one thing, public discourse these days. Racist tweets, …
How to Write a Blackout Poem, Step by Step
“So explain these poems you’re making,” my cousin said. “How exactly does that work?” She’s not the only one who’s asked. Since May 5, 2019, …
This Trail Run Brought to You By CBD Oil
When it comes to aches and pains, runners do a fair amount of self-diagnosis. Crucial to that is what I like to call the “water …
Fun Summer Reading With One Monster of a Book
It’s not often a book gets the best of me. You know us old English majors; before we die, we read everything. And we make …
Shishito Peppers Complement Summer Nicely
If summer were like shishito peppers, the season would always be bright and fresh and mostly mild (oh, there’s a hot one here and there). …
An Untended Garden Still Produces Beauty
The summer morning was cool and so I wandered. Before long, I’d found the entrance to the neighborhood’s abandoned garden. After 31 years in business, …
Book List Update
Hello, friend! It’s been awhile. And I don’t have a very good reason for that, other than I haven’t particularly felt like writing. So I …