Where Nature Meets Art
Picture this: It’s a warm day, but there’s plenty of shade. A pleasant breeze rustles through thousands of broad, green leaves that hang over your head like a great canopy. You’re lying with your back...
View ArticleFresh and Local
Not too long ago, a downtown farmers market was just a rumor floating from one coworker to another, skimming between moms at baseball games. “I heard they’re going to start a farmers market downtown....
View ArticleGo Red
If steak, wine and hairy motorcyclists are your thing, then downtown Bryan should be your destination on October 12 and 13. There you’ll find the sixth annual Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival....
View ArticleTurning Back to the River
Waco City Manager Larry Groth has been in his current job for nearly 10 years, though he has worked at the city since 1980. He’s been a city engineer, director of the Cameron Park Zoo and assistant...
View ArticleGardener’s Recess
Just beyond the bricked walls that encompass J.H. Hines Elementary School is a sight becoming more common in public schools today. With funding from the Darden Restaurants Inc. Foundation, five raised...
View ArticleA Traditional Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving weekend is full of traditions: stuffing yourself with turkey and dressing, catching up with Aunt Doris, cheering on the Dallas Cowboys and shopping for good deals on Christmas gifts. This...
View ArticleTexas Charm
Chip and Joanna Gaines don’t own a TV. That’s not really a big deal. Many families have chosen, for whatever reason, to forgo a television set. But probably none of those other families are filming a...
View ArticleMolly Debault
Molly Debault does it all, and she does it well. Being a mom and attorney are already pretty impressive items on her resume, but don’t forget to add Bible study, supper club and volunteer work for the...
View ArticleTake Your Time
I have taken on the biggest renovation of my life. This one is different than all of the others because this could be the last one for me. I know it is hard to imagine when you see the state of the...
View ArticleArt Dealer
Hamilton, Texas, is probably like a lot of rural towns in this part of the country. It’s kind of small; about 3,100 people live there. It has a downtown square situated around a courthouse, and in the...
View ArticleAround the World and Back Again
Technology in the classroom has drastically changed the way education works in schools across America over the last decade. World history and world geography are taught in middle and high schools, yet...
View ArticleGraduate’s Grant
Last year, D.J. Achterhof, now a freshman at Baylor University, was like any other senior, filling out college applications and putting the final touches on his high school resume. At the same time, he...
View ArticleMore Compassion, More Cupcakes
The best moment of the day is the first one. When you pick up the little one out of bed because he has called for you, insisting you be the first person he sees to start the day. You carry him to the...
View ArticleForget SXSW
Every March, tens of thousands of people flock to Austin for South by Southwest (SXSW), a nine-day slate of conferences, films and concerts that pump nearly $200 million into the Austin economy. This...
View ArticleAndrea Dossey
As a nurse practitioner in Hillcrest’s NICU, neonatal ICU, Andrea Dossey’s workdays are always filled with challenges, but she loves caring for her young patients and their families. Dossey is also a...
View ArticleLess Can Be More
Many moons ago when I moved out to the country, I wondered what I would miss about city life. I know this is normal because total and complete strangers had concerns about what I would go without. For...
View ArticleNo Limits
For the past several months, I had mentioned to my husband, Chip, that I really wanted a garden out at our farmhouse. In my mind I envisioned a box with a few tomatoes, herbs and greens. I had this...
View ArticleLorynn Divita
Whatever her role, Dr. Lorynn Divita does it in style — and fashionably, too. As an associate professor of fashion merchandising at Baylor University and a mother of two, she finds synergy between work...
View ArticleAmaze Your Brain
Just north of downtown Dallas sits a gray cube with a summit of 170 feet. A mysterious glass prism rests along the concrete exterior. The rectangular tube is reminiscent of a teeter-totter, as roughly...
View ArticleSpring Entertaining
The need to celebrate is in the air. It’s beautiful outside, and what better time to host a spring shindig than right now? I want to offer some simple and creative ways to throw an affordable, yet fun...
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