Dancing with the evening stars

Ican’t think of a single reason for needing to be able to recognize any of the constellations in the night or morning skies.

Alamo City a hotbed of exile intrigue

Acrowd of several hundred supporters showed up at the San Antonio train station on Sep. 24, 1911 to cheer the arrival of Bernardo Reyes, a Mexican general on the lam. During his 45-year rise up the ranks, Gen.

Against all odds

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese naval commanders praised Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the supreme Naval commander for the Japanese Empire, on planning the attack which severely damaged American naval forces.

Jesus, just take me now

“All to Jesus I surrender; At His feet, I humby bow, Worldly pleasures, all forsaken; Take me, Jesus, take me now.” — Traditional hymn lyrics by Judson W. Van DeVenter, 1896 Despite the old joke about getting to church “early to get a good seat — one in the back,” the front seat is where I sit.

It’s time to start thinking fruitcake

No matter what my loving wife, children, extended family, neighbors across the street, or complete strangers at the grocery store say, I believe it’s never too early to start thinking about baking a fruitcake.

‘Mr. Texas’ preserved Lone Star past

Four days after receiving the Medal of Freedom from fellow Texan and U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, J. Frank Dobie lay down for his afternoon siesta on Sep. 18, 1964 and never woke up. The future folklorist was born in 1888 on the family ranch south of San Antonio.

You are not insignificant

Ah, isolation—a word that sounds as heavy as the burden it describes. Have you ever felt like Elijah under the broom tree, praying for relief and asking God to take away the loneliness? I see you, friend, and I know your weight. Life gets complicated and heavy, and we might feel alone.

Being still

Whenever I come up with a title for a post I try to pick a perfect example of the subject matter. This week, I decided to hone in on an example of what “being still” is not … a puppy. As you may remember, we found an adorable Great Pyrenees puppy in June after our Scooter passed away.

Secrets that would go when the walls came down

“If these walls could talk, I wonder what secrets they’d tell.” — Gayle Forman, writer That question was evidently on my mind many years ago. April 3, 1975, to be exact. More to the point, it was the first sentence in the first published news story bearing my byline.

Paxton trial completes first week

The first week of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Senate ended with his former lead law enforcement officer testifying an Austin developer alleged to have bribed Paxton constructed a “conspiracy theory” that federal officials altered a search warrant for his...