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Hitching a Livestock Trailer »
What every Texan should know about hitching a livestock trailer.
September 2011 by Andrea Valdez
A Stitch in Time
A slide show of images of quilts from the archives of experts Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes.
September 2011
Common Threads »
Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes have finally completed their life’s work, a massive three-volume history of the quilts of Texas, from 1836 to the present. Here are ten that tell the story of quilting—and our state.
September 2011 by Katharyn Rodemann
Cowgirl Up »
The word probably makes you think of rhinestone-studded jeans, floppy-brimmed hats, and Nashville queens, but “cowgirl” ought to stand for the tough pioneer women who built ranches and went on cattle drives and the hardy rural women who are out there today doing their fair share of the work, usually invisibly, to maintain a majestic way of live.
August 2011 by Barney Nelson
The Skirmish Will Be Followed by a Ladies’ Tea »
The Civil War may be 150 years old, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still stir up a fuss (Confederate license plate, anyone?). Just ask one of the hundreds of very accurately uniformed reenactors who descend on Jefferson every year to die for the cause.
August 2011 by Katy Vine
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
Expensive quinceañeras, dangerous toys, lawn-watering etiquette, and seasonal restrictions on chili consumption.
August 2011
Noodling »
What every Texan should know about noodling.
August 2011 by Andrea Valdez
A Q&A With Katy Vine »
The senior editor on attending a Civil War reenactment, preserving history, and standing inside the Globe of Death.
August 2011 Interview by Evan McMurry
True Grit
A celebration of our state's cowgirls. Photographs by LeAnn Mueller.
August 2011 Produced by Patricia Busa McConnico
Hog Wild
Scenes from a weekend at Hog School. Photographs by Jody Horton.
August 2011 Produced by Patricia Busa McConnico
North vs. South
Scenes from the largest Civil War reenactment in the state. Photographs by Jeff Wilson.
August 2011 Produced by Patricia Busa McConnico
Giving a Tour of the Capitol »
Richard Poland on giving tours of the Capitol.
July 2011 Interview by John Spong
Cutting »
What every Texan should know about cutting.
July 2011 by Andrea Valdez
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
Spousal adjustments, fly abatement, soccer parenting, and the truth about creased jeans.
July 2011 by David Courtney
Rattled! »
My short, unfulfilling, momentarily terrifying career as a rattlesnake racer.
June 2011 Illustrations by Matt Diffee
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
Picking bluebonnets, pastry terminology, angling laws, and the best way to respond to a speeding ticket.
May 2011 by David Courtney
Attending a Square Dance »
How to square dance.
April 2011 by Andrea Valdez
Offering fine advice since 2007 »
Nicknames, parental discretion, summer camp, and the best way to talk about breast enlargement.
April 2011 by David Courtney
26–50 »
From Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore beginning their affair in Richardson to Robert Rauschenberg, Janis Joplin, and Jimmy Johnson graduating from high school in Port Arthur
March 2011
51–75 »
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
March 2011
76–100 »
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
March 2011
Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock
On February 13, 1955, Lubbock High School senior Buddy Holly opened for Elvis, who was just eleven months away from superstardom. The performance at Fair Park Coliseum would lead to a meeting with Eddie Crandall, who would introduce Holly to the execs at Decca Records.
March 2011 Produced by Pamela Hastings
101–125 »
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
March 2011
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