Ihave eaten Sacher Torte, but I cannot remember if it was in Vienna — its home. For certain, I had never heard of it in 1964, our first trip abroad. Europe had sufficiently recovered from World War II for Americans to begin touring. Moreover, we had never met my late dad’s sister. So, getting to kno...

Cinematic Considerations It’s pretty much pointless at this stage to question why Disney is developing live action remakes of their animated classic films. The studio, which used to be known for original content, has pushed for ways to re-engage with their intellectual property so they don’t have to...

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...

Black-eyed peas are a legum now grown around the world. It is a subspecies of the cowpea, an Old-World plant domesticated in Africa. Of course, a blac...

Cinematic Considerations When the world is on fire, what will individuals choose to do, and not to do, in order to protect themselves and those they l...

It’s Weihnachtszeit — which I am told means Christmastime in German — and as such, I thought we’d have some fun looking at animals associated with the...