Spring is definitely, finally, here in Central Texas. The first hint was that Memory, she who never sheds until the last frost has definitely come and gone, started releasing her winter coat. Then hints of green peeked through the brown grass, with promise of thing to come. Today,
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03/26/2008
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! And, in the words of the Irishman on being asked if he sees the glass as half empty or half full, "Are ya goin' ta be drinkin' that?" It seems the countryside is also celebrating the saint, putting on its green array in honor of the day. Everywhere I look, gree
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03/17/2008
Just about everybody who's heard of Austin has also heard the refrain, "Keep Austin Weird". While that's now been trademarked by latecomers (and NOT by Red Wassenich, the person who came up with it, for whom trademarking is is the antithesis of the meaning of the phrase, and who has a new book o
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03/14/2008
It seems that, today, green is all the rage. It's hot, hot, HOT! Suddenly, in every magazine, newspaper, online forum, "green" is on everyone's lips (or fingertips). It's an overnight sensation! However, like most overnight sensations, that's not the whole story. Like the movie star who work
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03/13/2008
We live in a flight path - a wonderful, beautiful, joyous flight path. You see, our ranch is on a major migration route just east of Jarrell, Texas, so we get to see many of the birds as they pass through (and stop off for a snack and a drink) on their way north or south. Mostly, they are the s
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03/09/2008
Spring is turning, and it's festival time! (Well, it's always festival time in Central Texas, it seems, but we have more in spring and fall when the weather is delightful.) I thought I'd share a few of the possibilities - you could probably party all spring long without missing a beat! Today, I'
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03/08/2008
If you've recently bought a home in Texas, or haven't applied for your Homestead Exemption in past and own and live in a home, the deadline for applying for the Homestead Exemption for 2007 is fast approaching. You need to get your application in by April 30. You may find yourself approached in t
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03/02/2008
Today, March 2, is Texas Independence Day. On this day in 1836, at Washington-On-The-Brazos, the Texas Declaration of Independence (written in one day - imagine that happening today!) was signed at the Convention of 1836. As is our wont, this means that it's time for a fiesta! (Throw a rock
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03/02/2008
Watching Sunday Morning this morning (absolutely love that show!), I learned that March is National On Hold Month, if you can imagine such a thing. "Please hold, your call is very important to us!" Yeah, right! This holiday was adopted by AudioMax in 1994.Tired of waiting on hold? Gethuman
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03/02/2008
This coming weekend, March 8-9, on of my Meetup groups, the Central Texas Food-Centrics (we're all about all things edible in Central Texas!) is attending the 3rd Annual Austin Chocolate Festival, an annual event held each spring to not only celebrate chocolate, bur raise funds for the fight aga
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03/01/2008
