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Offering Fine Advice Since 2007
December 2012 by David Courtney
The White-Tailed Deer »
Ever wonder about that fellow in the crosshairs?
December 2012 by Matthew Diffee
The Texanist »
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007
November 2012 by David Courtney
Venison Backstrap »
A recipe for when the hunters get home.
November 2012 by Courtney Bond
The Javelina »
Sure, they stink. But whatever you do, don’t confuse them with feral pigs.
October 2012 by Matthew Diffee
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
The Texanist on tailgating, winterizing grass, and beer cocktails.
October 2012 by David Courtney
The Children of Texas »
I was never certain how to explain the importance of the state to my three daughters. Now that I have two grandsons—named Mason and Travis, no less—I’ve realized something that I should have known all along.
September 2012 by Stephen Harrigan
The Education of Mi Hijita »
My daughter is only two, but I’m already planning to teach her what it means to be a Texan—and a Tejana.
September 2012 by John Phillip Santos
The Exile’s Lament »
Even after I moved to Los Angeles, there was no question that I’d always be a Texan at heart. But what about my daughter?
September 2012 by Attica Locke
I Shall Never Surrender or Retreat . . . »
. . . from teaching my fifteen-year-old daughter about her Texas roots. So when I realized I was failing to accomplish this most sacred of duties, I did what any well-meaning parent would do: loaded her (and her friends, of course) into the car and hit the road.
September 2012 by Skip Hollandsworth
The Kids Are All Right »
Meet eight of this year’s valedictorians, the products of schools across Texas, from El Paso’s Silva Health Magnet to Houston’s Westbury High.
September 2012 As told to Francesca Mari
And Away They Go »
Sending a Texan off into the world—and hoping he’ll return.
September 2012 by Mimi Swartz
The Boys of the Dipper Ranch »
On 50,000 acres that they have mostly to themselves (not including their hounds, mules, horses, cattle, chickens, piglets, and parents), Jasper, Trevor, and Tanner Klein live a life almost untouched by the modern world.
September 2012 Sterry Butcher
How to Raise a Texan Cover Shoot
Behind-the-scenes video from the cover shoot for our September issue, where we've tackled the subject of how to raise a Texan.
September 2012
The Texanist's Parenting Quiz »
How are you doing as a raiser of authentic Texan offspring? Take this handy quiz and find out.
September 2012 by David Courtney
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
Violent mockingbirds, farm-to-market roads, football versus lacrosse, and the incredible nerve of storekeepers who charge for spit cups.
June 2012 by David Courtney
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
How to respond to those weird bumper testicles, pledge allegiance to the flag, ask to see the top of someone’s boots, and decide between sweet and dill.
April 2012 by David Courtney
Exercise of Flower »
Seven Texas photographers do their best to reinvent that time-honored, heartwarming, slightly cheesy tradition: the bluebonnet photo.
April 2012
Prison Rodeo Gone, but Not Forgotten »
Another piece of Texas history was razed in mid-January when bulldozers unceremoniously demolished the prison rodeo arena in Huntsville, but the memory of the event rides on.
April 2012 by Jesse Sublett
Handling the Texas Flag »
What every Texan should know about handling the Texas flag.
March 2012 by Andrea Valdez
Where Is My Home? »
A culinary obsession that began decades ago in my grandmother’s kitchen sent me on a quest through Central Texas (and way beyond) for kolaches—not the best ones but the ones that would lead me to myself.
March 2012 by Stephen Harrigan
R.I.P. DP, 1891-2012 »
Dublin Dr Pepper, Beverage Beloved By Many, Dies at 120
March 2012 by Brian D. Sweany
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
Disciplining a wayward niece, care packages for Texas soldiers, revisiting South Padre, and the truth about raccoon penis bones.
March 2012 by David Courtney
Kim “O.K.” Estes, 70 »
Horse trainer.
March 2012 As told to Jessica Norman Dupuy
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