fascinating! but I’m unfamiliar with this site

cant wait to read it this fall—plz make sure and send it to me

send me some of your work! I’d love to read it!

Wow—ty for this source—I always apreciated that he talked about drying-up springs from irrigation even way back then

A Lost Swimming Hole in the Panhandle Plains Holds Generations of Family Memories Generations of family memories wash away in Silver Falls

I am! Those books are are a treasure and VERY hard to find. I wrote a story about another spring-fed oasis on the South Plains near Lubbock called Silver Falls: texashighways.com/outdoors/wat...

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Thank you so much!

It’s a good day to live in Austin.

never seen this before! thank you Grits!

Writing is the world's loneliest team sport
My advice to new writers...
Get some other writers to be your friends
Get ppl who understand the horror of trying to decide between "blood spilled across the floor"
And " a splash of crimson spilled across the floor"😊

“ I went home to give it a shot. After a week of revising, her memo began to acquire the force of revelation. With that one instruction, she transformed the tone of my book; everything snapped into place.”

For many years when we weren’t on the road, Bobby and I would arrange for a catch-up dinner at Musso and Frank Grill in Hollywood. We’d order steaks and spend hours talking. Reminiscing, sure, but mainly talking about our kids and how lucky we were. Forty years of friendship. I’ll miss you, man.

Nantucket in tha house

EPCC Rio Grande campus.

Open to the public in case you want to heckle me.

✍️ IAN DILLE
📸 JORDAN VONDERHAAR

The Ongoing Rivalry Between Two San Marcos Local Legends How Frisbee Dan and the Sun God came together (and fell out) in Sewell Park

The Sun God vs. Frisbee Dan

By Ian Dille for @texashighways.bsky.social

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A Stroll Through the Past on Austin's Town Lake A longtime Austinite reflects on growing up on the city’s famous hike-and-bike trail

In her new Open Road essay for @texashighways.bsky.social, novelist Jenny Tinghui Zhang measures her life's experiences by time spent on the hike-and-bike trail in downtown Austin. #longreads

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horale

any way to audit your class, Roberto?

Mary Oliver agreeing with Walt Whitman on what a poem foundationally is.

The Jan/Feb issue of @texashighways.bsky.social features a travel guide for Route 66, the tale of Frisbee Dan & Sun God in San Marcos' Sewell Park, and an essay by a longtime Austinite on the city's evolution from the vantage point of the hike-and-bike trail. PLUS: Places to stay in West Texas!

what is the real reason they took Dak out at the half, RF?

Here’s to having enough clean water to splash in every January 1st. Feliz Año Neuvo!

I didn’t know House Music could make me feel this good. Reminds me of that drive through the jungle in Puerto Vallarta in a Jeep back in ‘93

Roberto, was the image quality poor for you like it was for me? like the Tyson fight?

RIP Lubbock troubadour

Open Road: Audio Essays From Texas Highways Introducing Open Road, an audio adaptation of our acclaimed essay series. Tune in for personal stories about traveling in Texas.

Check it: The acclaimed @texashighways.bsky.social Open Road essay series is now available in audio. Listen to our initial batch of recordings featuring Emily Gogolak, @egjames.bsky.social, and @sfstephenson.bsky.social narrating their own very personal stories.

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The new Nas just dropped. That’s the tweet. DJ Premier

Developers of the controversial Guajolote Ranch Subdivision in northwest Bexar County have withdrawn their application for a Public Improvement District and have pivoted to another plan.

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