Posts Tagged ‘North Texas’
Think Global, Eat Local
Co-ops, restaurants, and farmers are building the locavore movement in Fort Worth.ERIC GRIFFEY
The wind was gusting so hard at the Ridgmar Farmers Market that neither hat nor hairdo was safe from its wrath. But Ashley Spencer had braved the wind to come buy local honey, even though she was still recovering from pneumonia...
Asthma Generation
What do cement plants, dirty air, and some of the nation’s highest childhood asthma rates have in common? North Texas.GAYLE REAVES
Larry Tubb doesn’t remember knowing a single kid who had asthma when he was growing up. As a Scout leader 20 years later, he knew of only one troop member who dealt with the breathing disorder. “Now 20 percent of the popula...
What’s Local in No-Man’s Land?
HEARSAYI admit, I’m having a hard time keeping track of which musicians are “Fort Worth-based” and which ones are from Dallas, Denton, or beyond. Even more screwy, I’ve had my ear low enough to the ground to know that some ban...
Tornado Pics
Jeff PrinceFacebook friends are posting up close and personal photos of the tornadoes that touched down yesterday in North Texas.
Worldwide Accent Project Needs Better Texas Talk
Jeff PrinceThe Worldwide Accent Project is relying on the YouTube community to help compile a “global accent archive,” and the contributions from people in this area leave much to be desired. Now here’s what a Texas acce...
Dear Visitors: Be Very Afraid
Jimmy FowlerThe icy conditions on North Texas roads make for a classic definition of a winter wonderland – as in, you wonder if you’re going to make it home alive. Local TV news reporters have been hitting the pavement in places like S...
Fireflies
Jimmy FowlerI’m no Thoreau. In my dreams, “the natural world” would be fitted with a thermostat with which I could keep it at a comfortable 65 degrees farenheit all year ‘round. But last night around 8:40, I noticed a surprising an...