Outdoors On Edge At the end of last week’s Christmas- themed column, I stated that, “writing this column and receiving feedback from all of you via email and out on the streets of Fredericksburg (and in the aisles of H-E-B) is the greatest gift I could ever receive.” And I sincerely meant what I wro...

Texas Type When the wild west calls, one answers. We made a quick, pre-Christmas trip to the most isolated spot in Texas — where coyotes perhaps outnumber people — and kicked back to watch the stars over Terlingua and the Big Bend National Park. Wow. As people who don’t often take the breaks they ne...

There is always a lull at the end of the year between the holidays and Jan. 1. This year, it seems even more pronounced as Thanksgiving was later, then the Christmas activities rush began and only just let up. For us at the press, we’ve had the strangest schedules, having to print our paper on Frida...