It’s the season for all things scary and I found myself wondering how many people are actually looking for more things to frighten them this year.
There is a new horror movie about Zoom that is supposed to be terrific… and I won’t be watching it. I’ve never been a fan of horror movies.
The scientific study of animal behavior is called Ethology. Much of Ethology is concerned with understanding what is instinctive behavior and what is learned behavior. Instinctive behavior, sometimes called innate behavior, is inherited and not based on any prior experience. Exactly how instinct is transmitted from one generation to the next is not fully understood, but the fact that it exists and the resulting observable actions are what I find really fascinating.
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Think about a volcano emerging from the surface of the ocean and forming a new island, new land. At first there is no life of any kind on the island. Eventually, however, after the lava has cooled, there may be some bacteria and fungi begin to grow on the lava at the edge of the water, and these microorganisms begin a very long, slow process of breaking down the rock.
The Grammy-award winning Los Texmaniacs will be roaring into HSB on Saturday, October 24, at 6 PM. The Cultural Enrichment Society is hosting the band bayside at Quail Point.
Max Baca founded Los Texmaniacs in 1997. Baca is a legend on bajo sexto, a twelve-string guitar-like instrument. His nephew, Josh Baca, is a third-generation modern-day accordionist.
“I’m hunkering down,” Rebecca told me.
I know what she means. My friend, Rebecca, just returned from a road trip she made after a lot of careful consideration. First her mother was sick. Then she fell and broke her hip. Rebecca’s mother is ninety and she did not seem to be getting better.
Texans receiving unemployment benefits will need to show an active effort to find a job starting Nov. 1.
The Texas Workforce Commission suspended the requirement in March as the pandemic started. More than 3.6 million have filed for unemployment relief since then, according to Texas Tribune research.
Workforce Executive Director Ed Serna said the state continues to suffer from the pandemic, “but we’re seeing employment opportunities begin to bounce back in Texas as our economy rest ...
Fourteen members of Boy Scout and Cub Scout Troops 497 of Blanco help dedicate the new flagpole at American Legion Post 352 on Monday, October 19, 2020. The flagpole, donated last year as surplus to the American Legion by Blanco’s Gem of the Hills Community Center, now proudly flies Old Glory as well as the POW/MIA flag, commemorating American Prisoners of War and service personnel who are Missing in Action.
Ever wonder how teenagers kept up with each other in the days before cell phones and instant communication? If you were a teenager in Fredericksburg in the 1960s and 70s, cruising Main on Saturday night, you made a swing through the parking lot at The Tower Drive-In. Everyone showed up there sooner or later.
On Oct. 7, Kinder Morgan presented a payment of $600,653 for county road repairs and maintenance on behalf of the Permian Highway Pipeline project. Pictured, from left, are: Blanco County Commissioner Tommy Weir; Allen Fore, Vice President of Public Affairs at Kinder Morgan; and County Judge Brett Bray.
Kinder Morgan also presented a donation of $85,000 to the Peyton Colony School Trust in Blanco County on behalf of the Permian Highway Pipeline Project.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is battling back against seven top aides who accuse him of bribery and abuse of office.
The aides delivered the accusations in a letter to the agency’s human resources director. The Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV obtained and first published the letter.
The Houston Chronicle and other media outlets reported that the allegations are tied to Paxton’s relationship with Nate Paul, an Austin real estate investor and campaign donor.
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