Fishing Bull Creek

12 years ago

Most people know Bull Creek as the Austin park that's constantly getting closed to swimming because of dangerous levels of…

Behind a Big Box Store

12 years ago

The fishing team got a hot tip that if one were to go to the hinterlands of Austin, to the…

Homemade Tamales

12 years ago

The great thing about tamales is that they're the gift that keeps on giving. With a couple of dollars worth…

Gizzards of Austin’s East Side

12 years ago

  It had been a little while since I had visited the lunch counter at the back of the convenience…

How to Make Prickly Pear Sorbet

12 years ago

About mid-summer here in Austin, the prickly pear get ripe. They bloat purple in the punishing sun, sprouting with tantalizing…

Chicharron Preparados

12 years ago

I haven't stopped exploring the menus of the fruit cup stands down on Riverside. One of the standard options on…

Fishing Overnight on the Colorado

12 years ago

For a while now I've been fascinated with the stretch of the Colorado River downstream from Lady Bird Lake. At…

An Owl Picture. Sorta

12 years ago

I saw this owl while on my way to the convenience store. It flew into a tree, and I could…

Giant spider in my garden

12 years ago

I was turning the soil in my garden, and this great big spider fell out of a clump of leaves.…

Austin Cicada Pictures

12 years ago

So there I was, walking through the back yard to the garage, and there's this ear-splitting screech right at ear…