issMe has another story. Since he cannot speak English, let’s just surmise. Late one night, I went into our backyard looking for our Great White Hunter with Red Spots. His whimpers beckoned me to our low-fenced herb garden (too high for his super short legs to get him out, once he gets in). With a l...

1 . Vegetable Garden: The timing always feels a bit strange, but this is actually the month to renew your vegetable garden for the fall harvest season. From seed, plant snap and lima beans, sweet corn, Swiss chard, cucumbers, summer and winter squash (my favorite), black-eyed peas, okra, cantaloupe,...

wo years after fellow Texans spurned him in the only ballot-box loss of his career, Sam Houston gave his first and last speech in a comeback campaign for governor on July 9, 1859. As one of just two southern senators that opposed repeal of the Missouri Compromise and extension of slavery to the west...

Movies at Lake Kyle: Captain America - Civil War Bring your blankets, folding chairs and movie snacks to enjoy a relaxing evening by the water at this event hosted by Kyle Parks and Rec. Movies begins after sunset and are shown at the amphitheater at Lake Kyle. July 7’s movie will be “Captain Americ...

aving already won a handful of red and blue ribbons Saturday, Dripping Springs resident Michael Ryan had a sheepish grin after placing in another category at the sixth annual Dripping Springs Tomato Roundup. Dripping Springs resident Michael Ryan shows off a first place blue ribbon won during the si...

Market Days Come celebrate Independence Day at Wimberley Market Days Saturday July 1 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine. Listen to live music on three stages from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. This free event is located at Lions Field on RR 2325 Wimberley with ample parking in three lots. For more informa...

he Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival will once again donate festival proceeds to Kids in a New Groove, an Austin-area nonprofit.  The mission of Kids in a New Groove is to provide youth in foster care in Central Texas with a committed one-on-one mentoring relationship through weekly private musi...

Over the past weekend, members of the Driftwood Historical Conservation Society collected over 21 bags of trash lining FM 150. The move to keep Driftwood beautiful was the focus for the DHCS, which has adopted a two-mile section of the road around the small town. Twenty-one volunteers assisted with ...

f you have a couple of weeks to spare this fall, you might consider a trip to southern Africa for a birding safari. You’ll want to visit Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana and see such diverse birds as carmine bee-eater, snake eagle, jacana, sacred ibis and many more.  You’ll also have a chance to see on...

Editor’s note: Earlier this month, officials with IDEA Public Schools, a south Texas charter school system, announced plans to build a 110,000 square foot, $20 million facility on Goforth Road in Kyle. The campus is expected to serve 1,400 students. Our story this week focuses on the Katherine Anne ...