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Cantaloupe-Loving Critters
Meet our Melon Menagerie

Photo: Gourds
No, these are not cantaloupes, but let's pretend.

A melon is a terrible thing to waste.

Published Saturday, 23 August 2025, 6:00
Categorized as Food & Drink, Uncategorized, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged cantaloupe, deer, fox, raccoon

A Screech Within Reach
A juvenile screech owl has decided to make itself at home on our front porch.

Photo: Closeup of the face of an Eastern screech owl

I went to a lot of trouble to hang a perfectly nice owl box on a tree, when all we really had to do was have a front porch.

Published Monday, 11 August 2025, 20:29
Categorized as Uncategorized, Wildlife - Birds Tagged owl, screech owl

Favorite Posts: A Baker’s Dozen
A sampling of posts to help you decide if you're in the right place

Photo: Small mossy waterfall in Horseshoe Creek (TX)

This is primarily written for the benefit of new (or newish) subscribers to help them decide if they’ve lost their minds by subscribing.

Published Sunday, 3 August 2025, 15:47
Categorized as Navel Gazing, Uncategorized Tagged favorite posts

On the road, again, to Fredericksburg
Good country music and giant cinnamon rolls...what more could one want?

Collage of country music bands in Fredericksburg and Luckenbach

We spent a weekend in Fredericksburg and crammed a lot into the time (and our stomachs).

Published Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 9:25
Categorized as Dancing - Country, Food & Drink, Music, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged Chuck Wimer, EWI, Fredericksburg, Hill & Vine, Hondo's, Randy Garcia, Scott Crofts

Happy Birthday, America!
Phoning it in on a rainy Independence Day

Illustration: American flag waving against a colorful sky

A short tribute to two things I like: America and a bike ride.

Published Friday, 4 July 2025, 10:21
Categorized as Cycling, Horseshoe Bay, Society & Culture, Uncategorized Tagged Fourth of July, tandem recumbent bicycle

Blooming Magnolia

Disclaimer: The above photo doesn't depict a magnolia tree. But isn't it pretty?

It only took four years since planting, but we finally got the first magnolia bloom. It lasted…well, not very long.

Published Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 12:37
Categorized as Plant Life, Texas Hill Country, Uncategorized Tagged flower, magnolia

Seeing Red…No, not THAT red!
Wherein I break a longstanding rule against discussing school or car colors.

I have a new truck, and the color is generating some controv…uh…discussion.

Published Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 6:00
Categorized as Cars, Design, Just Plain Silly, Uncategorized Tagged design, Honda, Ridgeline

Radiation Cessation Elation
The next step in the journey is complete. Now we wait.

Photo: Bell signifying the end of a round of cancer treatment

My radiation therapy is finished. It’s another step in the journey, but it was a pretty big one.

Published Saturday, 26 April 2025, 14:51
Categorized as Big C & Me, Science, Nature & Medicine..., Texas Hill Country, Uncategorized Tagged cancer, radiation

Cancer Update: Salvation via Radiation?
We're in a new chapter of treatment, one that we trust will have a happy ending.

AI-generated image of a robot fighting a cancer cell

I managed to avoid it for almost three years, but the cancer is just asking to be radiated, and who am I to deny it?

Published Saturday, 8 March 2025, 13:31
Categorized as Big C & Me, Technology, Uncategorized Tagged oncology, prostate cancer, radiation, Varian Clinac iX

“He’s Ringo, Yes?” — A dissenting opinion
We're all about open discourse here at the Gazette. (I hope I don't live to regret it.)

Composite of Ringo Starr's photo from 'Look Up' with a cartoon evoking 'Yellow Submarine' in the background

My good friend Sam took exception to my review of Ringo’s new album, “Look Up.” I invited him to present his assessment, and I was somewhat surprised, but absolutely pleased that he agreed to do so.

Published Sunday, 12 January 2025, 15:01
Categorized as Music, Uncategorized Tagged dissenting opinion, Ringo Starr

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