Tread All Over Him
It’s been a year since The Great Tire Theft, and I’m feeling inspired. If I were writing a summer book report, I’d call it,...
Collective Vison
The introductions were largely perfunctory. Many of the arts leaders seated in this large circle are longtime friends. They had seen one another’s respective...
Summer Guide 2019
Don’t even start. Yes, it’s summer in Texas. No –– unless you’re a construction worker or some other kind of person who makes his...
Lament for Horny Toad
A friend’s 3-year-old boy is enthralled with toy dinosaurs and carries one with him wherever he goes. Imagine what the tyke would think if...
If the Shoe Fits
Possibly the earliest advice on footwear comes from the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu nearly two-and-a-half millennia ago. Lacking self-reflection is like trying to “cover...
Day Trips and Weekend Getaways
The Old Farmer’s Almanac forecasts a wetter and slightly cooler (emphasis on “slightly”) summer in North Texas. If that’s true, the highways and byways...
Mountain Shutdown
Jason Brimmer remembers the first time he saw the Mountain. The Fort Worth husband, father of two, and photographer was sitting at the corner...
Code Blue
All that time, all that hard work, all for nothing, it seemed. Vanessa Adia’s dream of serving in Congress evaporated in an instant when...
Tornup’s Musical Activism
“So, what are you gonna do now?”
This is the question I asked Tornup, seated across a table from me at a local bar where...
Immigrant Song
My Story
My immigration story began many months before I boarded a plane from Manchester International to DFW Airport one late May morning in 2014....
