Want to know my secrets for growing the biggest, best-tasting tomatoes ever? In early spring, I planted several heritage variety plants in fortified soil, and I’m now watching them grow in anticipation of harvesting loads of great homegrown tomatoes. If you look at my tomato plants you may ask, “What happened to all the leaves […]
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Summer 2014 Issue Tomorrow
The Summer 2014 Issue will hit the streets early next week but the web edition will go online tomorrow when the “Tonight in the Hill Country” page is updated. We’ve grown again this month to 60 pages and want to thank our readers and advertisers for our solid growth since the first issue. Keep […]
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“The Razz” by Roger Evans Review by Greg Forest When I found I was going to review a book titled, “The Razz,” I envisioned bug-eyed monsters with lobster claws pouring out of spaceships and eating people and that I was destined for a boring read on a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Fred Eaglesmith In Concert
“Fred Eaglesmith in Concert” Schreiner University Bear’s Den Texas Heritage Music Foundation Review by Jack Armstrong When Kathleen Hudson called and asked me to a recent Fred Eaglesmith concert at Schreiner University, I decided to go to see an artist that I had heard about for years but had never experienced directly. I regret […]
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“Travlin’ Man” Will Owen Gage Produced by Will Owen Gage Wailin’ Wolf Creations Review by Greg Forest It wasn’t many years ago a young teenager approached the stage at the Waring General Store and asked if he could sit in for a song or two. “Sure, sonny, come on up.” […]
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“Ghosts of the American Road” Ghosts of the American Road Produced by Mark Addison & Kevin Higgins Little Train Records Review by Greg Forest You hear the term “Americana” bandied about to cover a wide range of musical forms – mostly country songs about lovin’ and drinkin’. What is rare as hen’s teeth in the […]
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There once was a day when the only way to promote your music was by going downtown, printing off 500 postcards, licking 500 stamps and peeling 500 labels. Now, in less than five minutes, artists can compose an email list of the 500 people and send it off with one click. Websites give people all […]
Read the rest of this entry »Be Safe. Be Sure.Just Say No.
“Just say no” is a phrase and a slogan popularized by the government’s anti-drug programs. It is catchy, short, and to the point. It is aimed primarily at young people, but it is a phrase that should apply equally to other situations, as well. “No,” is a very good and very protective word. The only […]
Read the rest of this entry »What Would You Do with $1,000,000?
I imagine most of us have thought how very nice it would be to find a hidden treasure or a sack of money with no strings attached. When I was a kid on vacation, I used to search the beach at Padre Island for gold and Spanish coins that might have washed up from some […]
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I love language. It’s a good trait to have if you want to be a writer. Words are fun. Words are magical. Words can be excruciatingly beautiful and unholy ugly. Words can sting like a whiplash. Words manipulate, persuade and inform. Some words just feel good in your mouth and look even better written on […]
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