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Shinyribs is the continuation of Kevin Russell’s musical journey which began in Beaumont,TX when, at 14, he found his father’s guitar under his bed, along with a sewing machine, a billy club and a box of comic books. Luckily he chose the guitar. Following his family’s oil boom and bust migratory path he landed in Shreveport,LA where he formed his first band.

When I was a little girl growing up in Central America, I loved going to the Mercado. I was blessed to have a Costa Rican mom and an American dad, which resulted in spending the wonder-filled days of my childhood in Costa Rica. We lived in the capital city of San Jose and its Mercado Central is huge, taking up a full city block.

The stirring sound of Highland Bagpipes announced the opening of Highland Games. Members of Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums marched to the stage with precision, pipers piping and drummers drumming. It was a cool misty November day, shrouded in low, gray clouds and as the beautiful notes of the bagpipes rang out, it seemed as if you were in the midst of the Scottish countryside, breathing in the scent of heather on the hills and moors. In real ...

Mason Fall Arts Festival is coming up on October 31, 11-4 p.m. with Hill Country artists and musicians set up around the Historic Mason Square. The festival will feature talented artists like Judy Row from Wimberley, providing not only amazing artwork, but also demonstrations and activities to try your hand as an artist. Judy Row is a well-known fiber artist from the Hill Country who has had many years of experience in her field.

Mourning doves? — You'll have to look a long time to find a quarry that's more fun to hunt. Or more frustrating. Me, I've been chasing doves for more than 60 years now and I still haven't figured them out. Sure — I know they enjoy a dead mesquite limb like I do my favorite La-Z- Boy.

John Taylor believes anytime is a good time to go nuts. In today's "ready-to-eat society," as he describes it, those morsels courtesy of Mother Nature are portable, delicious and, best of all, nutritious, says the CEO of Texas Star Nut and Food Co., one of the nation's largest providers of snacking nuts, baking nuts, dried fruit, trail mixes, seeds and confections such as dark-chocolate almonds. From the company's bustl ...

John Taylor believes anytime is a good time to go nuts. In today’s “ready-to-eat society,” as he describes it, those morsels courtesy of Mother Nature are portable, delicious and, best of all, nutritious, says the CEO of Texas Star Nut and Food Co., one of the nation’s largest providers of snacking nuts, baking nuts, dried fruit, trail m ...

What makes a singer great? Is it the tone of their voice, or the way they swing their hips? Most times, it's a song. A song can take an unknown and send them straight to the top of the charts. In celebration of those guys and gals who pen the words to those songs, Jim Halfpenny, Laurie Halfpenny and Dave Niemeyer have organized the 2015 Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival. For the second year, songwriters from around the world will come together in downtown Dripping Springs to sing the songs ...

"Tuck the stock in tight to your shoulder, move your head forward until you have a good sight picture with no black around the edges. Take a deep breath, let half of it out, hold the rest, and slowly squeeze the trigger, while keeping the crosshairs steady where you want the bullet to go." My son's best friend, Mason, was sitting at my sighting-in table, his lanky frame folded up like a pretzel, with his arms wrapped around my Remington Model 788 .222 as if it were going to try to escape.

For generations, the Kuebel family has called Blanco County home. Their 60-acre farm, located just about four miles west of Blanco, is home to four generations, all of whom work together tending to the variety of livestock and pets that share the land that overlooks the Blanco River. Like a lot of Hill Country farms, the Kuebels raise goats.