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Immersed in Beauty
The spring of 2024 may well go down in Texas history as the most beautiful and bountiful season of bluebonnet wildflowers in decades. Though bluebonnets reliably appear each spring sometime between late March and mid-April, the lush colors and thick drifts…
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Bluebonnets and Possibilities
Berry Street is a busy thoroughfare that runs alongside one edge of the TCU campus in Fort Worth. It is lined with a mix of churches, schools, convenience stores and fast food businesses, many of which cater to the college and…
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Groundhogs and Second Chances
Every February 2, it’s the same old thing. I’m not talking about the over-hyped hoopla surrounding the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil, the famous (infamous?) groundhog from Pennsylvania. Today’s entry isn’t as rooted in superstition or tradition as the emergence of the…
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One Bird, One Word
This January morning is not one that is especially conducive to outdoor explorations, even those sedentary ones that involve sitting on the patio with a hot cup of coffee in hand. For the fourth day in a row, it is grey…
