A West Texas man seems to be tired of living on Mountain Standard Time.
Being Texan
Celebrities and regular folk alike came together to offer hot food, clean water, and warm beds.
Like many Texans, residents in one Austin apartment complex faced a kaleidoscope of worst-case scenarios. And like many Texans, they had to get through them alone.
When I was growing up, Dr Pepper was a rare indulgence. Now it’s a reminder of how far I’ve come.
Our special Valentine’s Day video tells the story of two ranchers who found each other again in their eighties.
Roses are red. Bluebonnets are blue. We made these virtual valentines just for you.
During the past few years, a small group of girls in Marfa has used the simple wooden stool to create a business that has, well, legs.
While much of the under-65 population awaits their COVID-19 vaccines, the generation that invented sex, drugs, and rock and roll is about to run amok.
The Rio Grande Valley gets its magic from residents like her—those who believe in the blessedness of time and space.
Plus, Post Malone donates thousands of pairs of custom-made Crocs to students.
The San Antonio producer created a style that would endure for decades—and he helped Selena get her start.
For more than two years, culminating in a pandemic and a recession, Richard Sharum photographed Dallas families who are experiencing homelessness—the moments of great pain and frustration and, through it all, the moments of levity.
The recent, terrifying events in Washington have an Austin man wondering about mayhem closer to home.
Two decades ago, a woman bought a cutting from a nursery in the Rio Grande Valley. What grew was much bigger than a tree.
A Maryland man is worried that his progeny may never become a true Texan.
Last month, Donavan Diaz planned as many funerals as he might have in six months pre-pandemic.
Louise Raggio fought to pass a landmark law that gave equal rights to Texas women.
Chefs, musicians, gardeners, and one very enthusiastic librarian tell Texas Monthly about their New Year’s rituals and plans for 2021.
From a homing pigeon in flight to a kayaking trip on the lower Pecos River, these are our favorite images from the year.
All the Fine Advice you'll need to make sure the new year is much, much, much better than the last.
Ellie, who lives with autism, has struggled with the loss of routine wrought by the pandemic. But her enthusiasm has buoyed both of us.
Watch the video to follow Bobby Richardson and others as they deliver food, and support, to the families along their routes.
I’ve been living in my house for 31 years, and I never had a mouse in the house. Well, a few days after Thanksgiving I found a candy wrapper on the floor beneath my kitchen compactor. It was one of those Kind bars, with nuts in them. I…
Try your hand at gardening, stargazing, mixing the world’s easiest cocktail, and much more with this handy guide.
An Austin man is skeptical that a company held by a Chicago investment firm can claim that distinction.
Tootsie Tomanetz, for one, is capping off this pandemic year with lots and lots of Christmas lights.
These are our favorite quotes from the actors, musicians, business leaders, and other prominent people who appeared in our pages.
How a Texas Ranger’s personal mythology came to be accepted as popular history.
Plus, an intoxicated passenger forced a plane heading to Houston to land early in Alabama.
When my Austin lessons went virtual, I discovered the joy—and distraction—in thinking about unfamiliar pronunciation, irregular verbs, and past tenses in these challenging times.
An Oregon transplant is hoping he can find a few places to cast a line in his adopted state.
In a nondescript space outside Austin, the team behind these world-renowned guitars carry on the exacting legacy of their founder.
Let people have some joy for once in their lives.
George McJunkin found a prehistoric bison skeleton that upended theories about human existence in the Americas.
In Loving County, residents still feel the specter of the pandemic.
Eight miles from the nearest town, our ranch felt like a sanctuary. Until it didn’t.
A Belfast woman is looking for a few good corn husks.
The version of Texas history taught in school is often anglicized and sanitized. We examine how one textbook falls short.
In our second Being Texan video, Peter Holley explores San Antonio’s botánicas, which have seen an uptick in customers amid the COVID pandemic.
The version of Texas history taught in school is often anglicized and sanitized. We examine how one textbook falls short.
A Midland woman wonders what to do if she meets a member of the family Ursidae in the wild.
The version of Texas history I learned in school was woefully incomplete. And, according to two historians, this 2016 textbook is, too.
The ofrenda we build to honor loved ones will include not only our distant past but also the very sorrow that we’re living through now.
Plus, fifty thousand purple martins descended on a parking lot in McAllen.
An Austin man ponders the unthinkable.
South Texas queens who put on a wig, makeup, and heels are rebelling against a culture that has long been steeped in machismo.
A Houston mom has had it with Minecraft.
In the first film for our new Being Texan docuseries, three pint-size cowboys make their inaugural rides on flesh-and-blood steers.
A resident of “The Texas of Canada” is having second thoughts about retiring to the Lone Star State.