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Watch out for the ‘Slap Me Naked’ cake
Gillespie Life, Taste
Watch out for the ‘Slap Me Naked’ cake
Stories from the F&W Farmstead Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
May 20, 2026
Acousin, Mae Durden-Nelson, the former Alora Mae Hahn of Doss, lived a life larger than I ever realized. I met her only once, yet only recently discovered she had authored ten books, including a cookbook. What first caught my attention was not her name, but a photograph—one of those old wood-burning...
Ritchie’s ‘In the Grey’ struggles to balance action, intrigue
Gillespie Life, Movies
Ritchie’s ‘In the Grey’ struggles to balance action, intrigue
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward, BY MATT WARD 
May 20, 2026
Sometimes films seem like two different movies smashed together into one narrative structure. It’s almost as if filmmakers start with one idea, scrap it entirely midway through production and then have to come up with a way to make the rest work. That tonal bifurcation makes writer-director Guy Ritc...
DANCE HALL NIGHT
Gillespie Life
DANCE HALL NIGHT
May 13, 2026
dips his daughter Reagan Thompson at the Dance Hall Night on Saturday, May 9.–Standard Radio-Post/ McKenna Dunworth
Gillespie Life
Blind and Low Vision Resource Group to meet May 13
May 13, 2026
The Blind and Low Vision Resource Group will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, in the Towne Park Apartments community room, 1125 S. Adams St. Guest sp...
Gillespie Life
Stone Ridge residents to meet Sunday
May 13, 2026
All resident homeowners of the Stone Ridge subdivision are invited to a meeting scheduled for Sunday, May 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. at St. Joseph Halle, 21...
Waldemar cornbread recipe rooted in tradition
Gillespie Life, Taste
Waldemar cornbread recipe rooted in tradition
Stories from the F&W Farmstead Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
May 13, 2026
The Guadalupe has always been part of life in the Hill Country—beautiful, steady, and, at times, unforgiving. Last summer reminded us of that in the h...
‘Sheep Detectives’ year’s most unexpected family hit
Gillespie Life, Movies
‘Sheep Detectives’ year’s most unexpected family hit
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
May 13, 2026
Sometimes a film is just so perfectly wholesome and adorable that it supersedes being a quaint family movie. Usually, it’s an animated film from Disne...
FHS student art soars at state
Education, Gillespie Life
FHS student art soars at state
May 13, 2026
On Saturday, April 25 Fredericksburg High School Students Reece Harris and Hewston Lochte competed at the State Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE). Ha...
Education, Gillespie Life
FMS teacher of the year found her calling in the classroom
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
May 13, 2026
Alyssa Fitzsimmons didn’t walk into college planning to teach. She walked in planning to be a nurse. It was only after she switched her major that eve...
Yes, we have no potatoes
Community, Gillespie Life
Yes, we have no potatoes
FULL
Phil Houseal 
May 13, 2026
HOUSE Ineed potatoes. I’m grilling steaks. The meal requires a traditional side dish that is delicious with gravy. You have potatoes. Piles of potatoe...
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