Stephen Dunn book reading Poet Stephen Dunn will hold a reading and signing at The Wittliff Collections on Thursday, March 30 at   3:30 p.m. and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Dunn is the author of sixteen books, including “Different Hours,” which won the ...

ivic leaders in Dallas and Houston waited nervously on April 2, 1914 for the decision on which of Texas’ two largest cities had been awarded the new federal bank. The rash of bank failures caused by the Panic of 1907 underscored the urgent need for effective monitoring and management of the national...

uda city leaders earlier this month tabbed the creation of a task force to discover ways to better represent and serve the city’s aging population. The decision came after Buda Human Resources Manager Kristin Williams presented results of the city’s aging survey to the Buda City Council March 21. Th...

Kathy Modern (left) shakes the hand of Jason Miller after claiming the women’s over 45 division first place trophy at the 2017 Hooked on Fishing tournament at Lake Kyle last weekend. (photo courtesy of Jason Miller) Area anglers from Kyle and beyond woke up before the dawn’s early light Saturday to ...

ast week’s Montage pulled in an owl tidbit for this week. Priscilla Bettes, who lives on Indian Creek Lane, behind Poplar, wrote, “Last year one took up residence in our barn up in the rafters.  It would come out at night and peek down at me as I was feeding our horses.  We saw it for several nights...

few years ago, while doing some research for our new medicinal / healing garden, my wife shared an article with me on the Moringa tree, and the more I read, the more fascinated I became. First of all, the Moringa, also known as the ‘Drumstick Tree,’ is nearly entirely edible. It can grow with little...

Dripping Springs resident is reaching out to neighbors through the crowd-funding source gofundme to save the life of a foal born with a rare congenital birth defect. Barbara is a foal born in January with wry nose, or deviated rostral maxilla, which causes the upper jaw and nose to deviate, or turn ...

ater this month, I will drive over to the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge near Eagle Lake to see some wild early-morning dancing. The dancing will be done by male prairie chickens desperate to attract a mate.   Based on past visits to the refuge, the females will generally strut ...

ost songbirds have short lives.   Typically, those in the wild live only about eight months before dying or being killed.   It’s a tough old world. But some birds, particularly those in remote locations with few predators, live much longer.   Take the wandering albatross, it can easily reach 40 year...

Tax assistance services Free assistance with income tax preparation is available through the AARP Tax-Aide program at the Dripping Springs Independent School District Administration building and the Wimberley Village Library.   In Dripping Springs, volunteers are available on Tuesdays   through Apri...