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Lubbock, Texas: Welcome to the Wild West

Once you see the skies of West Texas, you’ll be forever ruined for any other. Golden tones that wash the landscape will make you believe that Midas lives in Lubbock. The stars are stuff of songs and...

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West Texas Holiday

SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR MILES. That’s how far it is from our home in Houston to my husband’s hometown of Fort Davis, Texas. You could drive from Portland, Maine to Richmond, Virginia, passing...

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Old-School Marfa

If you’re looking for a piece about how cool and hip Marfa, Texas is then you’ll be disappointed with this read.   I’m don’t want to talk about how famous, minimalist artist, Donald Judd, “discovered”...

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Fort Davis: Watching over the West

I guess you’d say that Fort Davis, Texas is my adopted hometown. I first visited the small, West Texas town when I was eight, but have been back countless other times. It’s where my husband grew up,...

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Texas Tuesday: Swimming with the Fishes

Just off of I10 and about 190 miles east of El Paso, lies the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool.   In the shadows of the Davis Mountains is Balmorhea State Park and its famous swimming pool....

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Texas Tuesday: ¡Viva Terlingua!

On the edge of the known world (or so it seems) lies a dusty, little ghost town filled with a cast of characters that even the best Hollywood script writer couldn’t conceive.   Along the Rio Grande...

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Capture the Color

“Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner.“    I got a chuckle out of this anonymous quote when I ran across it a few months ago. I’d just bought my first DSLR, and it...

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Talking Texas with @LeeAbbamonte

Just in case you didn’t know, Lee Abbamonte is the youngest American to visit every country in the world, and now he’s also attempting to become the youngest person to visit all 321 countries and...

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A Devil of a River in Texas

In order to get to heaven, sometimes you have to go through hell to get there. That’s certainly true when it comes to the Devils River.     To say that the location of this 94-mile-long river is...

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One Photo–Six Ways: Mobile App Editing Tips from Top Instagramers

Encountering someone who doesn’t have a smartphone is like seeing hyenas lounging with antelope–shocking and disconcerting. My dad, who is in his 70s, has an iPhone AND an Instagram account. He’s not...

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Talking Texas with Lee Abbamonte

Just in case you didn’t know, Lee Abbamonte is the youngest American to visit every country in the world, and now he’s also attempting to become the youngest person to visit all 321 countries and...

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Lubbock, Texas: Welcome to the Wild West

Once you see the skies of West Texas, you’ll be forever ruined for any other. Golden tones that wash the landscape will make you believe that Midas lives in Lubbock. The stars are stuff of songs and...

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Old-School Marfa

If you’re looking for a piece about how cool and hip Marfa, Texas is then you’ll be disappointed with this read. I’m don’t want to talk about how famous, minimalist artist, Donald Judd, “discovered”...

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Fort Davis: Watching over the West

I guess you’d say that Fort Davis, Texas is my adopted hometown. I first visited the small, West Texas town when I was eight, but have been back countless other times. It’s a visually-spectacular place...

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Balmorhea,Texas: Swimming with the Fishes

Just off of I10 and about 190 miles east of El Paso, lies the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool. In the shadows of the Davis Mountains is Balmorhea State Park and its famous swimming pool....

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¡Viva Terlingua!

On the edge of the known world (or so it seems) lies a dusty, little ghost town filled with a cast of characters that even the best Hollywood script writer couldn’t conceive. Along the Rio Grande...

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Talking Texas with Lee Abbamonte

Just in case you didn’t know, Lee Abbamonte is the youngest American to visit every country in the world, and now he’s also attempting to become the youngest person to visit all 321 countries and...

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A Devil of a River in Texas

In order to get to heaven, sometimes you have to go through hell to get there. That’s certainly true when it comes to the Devils River. To say that the location of this 94-mile-long river is primitive...

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One Photo–Six Ways: Mobile App Editing Tips from Top Instagramers

Encountering someone who doesn’t have a smartphone is like seeing hyenas lounging with antelope–shocking and disconcerting. My dad, who is in his 70s, has an iPhone AND an Instagram account. He’s not...

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