The Incredible Shrinking Star-Telegram
“Big mistake.” That was the typical response from management types at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram when I announced in February 2001 that I was...
Welcome to Holidays 2020
As we do every year around this time, we have put together a Holidays-themed issue to celebrate all the good stuff happening (and that’s...
Steve’s Big Adventure
In the seconds between mounting the bikeshare bike and wobbling into the lazy, eastbound crawl of Magnolia Ave’s weekend afternoon traffic, I had this...
Magical Misery Tour
Memento scavengers made hit-and-run stops for two days, stepping out of their cars to survey the pile of rubble in hopes of nabbing a...
Back from the Celluloid Grave
The Fort Worth Film Festival began with such promise. The first movie it screened, on Oct. 23, 1998, was Rushmore, a Texas-made film that...
Courting Fatherhood
Minutes after I handed off my teenager to his stepfather near Cincinnati, I received an email from my attorney. Be at the Tarrant County...
Going Viral Old School-Style
During the pandemic, when I was between treadmills and fitness centers were closed, I did my daily five-mile walks under starry skies in pre-dawn...
Five Bedrooms, Two Baths, Nine Spirits
Real estate agent Becky Foley-Richards is quick to say that the only ghost she believes in is the Holy Ghost. There is still one...
Unmasking the Polluters
Every few months, Edgar Mouton, 76, gets jolted out of sleep in the middle of the night by a loud horn blast. The sound...
Viva Mariachi!
Eighth-grade lunch period meant most students were eating in the cafeteria or just chillin' outside.
The hallway was quiet, except for the muffled sound of...
