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This Old Spouse: Spread a Little Love
Featured Post This Old Spouse // February 14, 2012 // 0 Comments

Seeing as how it’s Valentine’s season, let’s talk about love. Love’s a funny thing, isn’t it? No matter how much of it you give away, love remains full and strong, always. If you chop love in half, each half will grow again to full measure, into whole complete love—because true love survives.
Follow Your Dreams? Well, OK, But Have a Backup Plan
This Old Spouse // January 27, 2012 // 0 Comments
by Roger White Author’s note: For you dedicated, sort of dedicated, and even not-so-dedicated followers of TOS, I feel I must warn you in advance. This particular installment lacks any juvenile silliness, nonsensical babble, slice-of-life inanity, random wordplay, serpentine stream of consciousness, thinly veiled parody, and/or incomprehensible doublespeak. I’m actually taking a stab ...
‘Wicked’ witches return to Austin
Life SW Austin Music & Arts // January 27, 2012 // 0 Comments
By Christine Imperatore Wicked at Bass Concert Hall In 2009, the Tony Award-winning musical Wicked sold out in record time when it came to Austin; but theater fans will have another chance to catch one of Broadway’s biggest hits starting this weekend. This spectacular show tells the story of the witches of Oz, before Dorothy showed up. “The two witches, [played by] Anne Brummel and Ti...
Central Texas Congressman pulls SOPA after Web blackouts
Web // January 22, 2012 // 0 Comments

After thousands of websites shut down in protest, SOPA sponsor and Republican Congressman Lamar Smith announced that he would put off discussions on his controversial bill, “until there is a wider agreement on a solution.”
Follow Your Dreams? What if You Dream of Thelma and Louise?
This Old Spouse // January 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
As I watch my daughters grow into young womanhood—Lindsey now a thoughtful, creative high school sophomore so marvelously free-spirited yet touchingly conscientious in every facet; and Jamie, our firebrand eighth-grader so fiercely strong-willed and stubborn, but so tender-hearted and self-conscious at the same time—I struggle to keep them optimistic and open to the great vista of opportunities an...
Happy trails at Cowboy Church
Have You Heard? // January 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
Have You Heard…about The Cowboy Church? I attended services this past Sunday at The Cowboy Church of the Hill Country, just off Camp Ben McCullough Drive. Since services are at 10 a.m., I arrived early just to look around since it was my first time there, and I was greeted by several folks who were standing around a cook-fire. The big pot held scrambled eggs and sausage and there were a coup...
More good Samaritan good deeds
Have You Heard? // January 12, 2012 // 0 Comments

Have You Heard…faithful readers (and you three people know who you are) will remember a couple columns in which I recounted good Samaritan deeds or generous acts by strangers. So, what’s happening? About a week ago I was in Jack Allan’s Kitchen watching one of the many numerous football bowl games when a large plate of appetizers was set in front of me.
Collaboration Key to 2011 Successes
Commissioners Corner // January 12, 2012 // 0 Comments

Reflecting on this past year, it is evident that collaboration was key to the successes of 2011. Whether between Travis County departments, state entities, local municipalities, emergency services districts (ESDs), water districts, local businesses, and constituents, my office made every effort to lead and to follow, to listen and be heard, and to push and to pull – all when appropriate and necessary.
A hundred years worth of change
Have You Heard? // January 11, 2012 // 0 Comments
Have You Heard…we just completed the year 2011. It was a significant year for me as my Dad was born in 1911, and if he were still around, he would have just turned 100 years old. He left us five years ago at the age of 95. My curiosity was stimulated though and I wondered if he had seen any significant changes over the nearly hundred years he was around. And it seems that there have been considera...
Holiday gift wrapping lessons
Have You Heard? // December 22, 2011 // 0 Comments
Have You Heard…If you’re like me you probably have last minute gifts to get. If so, check out another of our local businesses, Navidad Farms Pecans. This is a business owned and managed by long-time Oak Hill resident Jeanne Row. Navidad can make gift shopping easy since they offer many kinds of nut-based candies and varieties of nuts, already in gift packages along with Christmas decorations and n...