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Another beautiful weekend is approaching and it's a great time to be outdoors.  Just up the road a bit in Jarrell, they are celebrating Spring with a "Rock Solid Spring Festival".  It kicks off on Friday, April 8th with a BBQ Cook-off and a free street dance with live music from 8-11 p.m. at the Jarrell Community ...

  The weather is warm and it's time to get active again.  I like bicycle riding...and that is exactly what I do, ride while someone human is pedaling.  I can only imagine that even a simple machine like a bicycle can be difficult to maintain or repair if you don't even know where to begin!   Simple maintenance and ...

  Feel like being outdoors in a beautiful setting?  Nearby Berry Springs Park & Preserve has volunteer opportunities coming up this Tuesday, March 1st.  What better way to welcome springlike weather than to help with some clean-up and composting? Officially opened on Oct. 15, 2005, Williamson County's Berry Springs Park ...

  I get a funny mental picture when I hear the word "gemboree".  It's supposed to be a play on words, referring to the term jamboree.    The term "jamboree" has unknown origins but derived from 19th century American slang and was originally used to describe a large rally of Scouts (as in Boy) or ...

  Looking for something unique to do together on Valentine's Day?  I love to eat and what better way to spend time with someone you love, satisfy the love to eat and learn something new than to have a cooking lesson and then eat at the end of the lesson?   Hollandaze Gourmet is a kitchen shop that has the latest in cookware, ...

  After this past weekend of gloriously warm weather that followed a snow day, I realized that Spring is not far away.  In another month the weather will be mild and it will be time to think about camping.    Camping means lots of things to different people; camping can be the most rustic experience or it can be driving your ...

  There's a really cool roadside attraction that friends of mine have visited many times.  When you hear "roadside attraction" do you immediately think of things like "The Cadillac Ranch" in Amarillo or the "Snake Farm" in New Braunfels?  Something that is a little kitschy perhaps? Well, Georgetown ...

  I was walking around the downtown Georgetown square not too long ago, sniffing around light posts and fire hydrants as I have done many times.  But I just noticed some remarkable utilitarian creations that I had easily overlooked many times before.  At each corner of the square, there are public art pieces that serve as bike ...

  Airports and airplanes have always held a fascination for me.  Even though I have watched TV programs, taken classes, and read books about aviation and how the aerodynamics of lift works, I still marvel that airplanes of any size actually fly.  It is easy to take for granted the availability of flight to the common man, ...

  One of my most favorite musicals is The Sound of Music.  The music is memorable and the story is touching if not entirely accurate.  The von Trapps didn't really hike over the Alps to Switzerland to escape the nazis.  In reality they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, fled to London and ...