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....
Facing Reality
It wasn’t long ago that Billie Winner-Davis considered our government and judicial systems to be fair, just, and equal — beacons of truth for...
Skate Jam
About a year ago, while setting up the bar for happy hour at Off the Record, the cocktail bar/record store situated in what I...
Polydogs
The Polydogs did not gather one dark evening to conspire in a shadowy basement. They did not unite with the goal of world domination...
Remember Your Training
My head snapped back as her right glove hit my jaw. The blow from my 132-pound opponent was just enough to knock me off...
