My post on artist Dane Ellsworth is up on Texas Hill Country. Each of these stories is a partnership between the writer and the artist, and each time is different. I quoted Dane extensively because he tells his story quite well. His art is a mix of traditional and not quite so traditional; artists don’t just make pretty things to look at – they help us to interpret and understand the world and our story. Click the link above to see Dane’s interpretation.
I’m signing books at Artisans a Texas Gallery in Fredericksburg Friday evening during First Friday Art Walk.
I have a post up on Texas Hill Country which is quickly proving to be my most popular in the 9 months I’ve been writing for them. The post has a few good pictures but they are by an amateur, not adjusted in an app and so on, but the place is so scenic it is hard to go wrong. The popularity of the post has more to do with the popularity of the park. However, I am working on Enchanted Rock White again, and one of my writing critique group just pointed out that I now have two naked women in the story and I’m only at 26,000 words! I’m thinking that i need to balance the story out by adding some naked men in the story.
This photo was near sunset today on the Loop Trail.
I put some of my favorite photos from E Rock together in a post for Texas Hill Country. All taken with an iPhone; its hard to do the place justice as an amateur. This special place is the setting in chapter 2 of Enchanted Rock Red.
Find out why this artist is laughing. My latest Hill Country Artist story, on Texas Hill Country.
I’ve never been to a Fredericksburg Music Club presentation before; I waited too long. I believe this is where great music is appreciated more than any other in town. And we don’t have to drive to a city and pay dearly for admission.
This is my latest post on Texas Hill Country. I really enjoy visiting with artists and so far each artist does something completely different from the last. Georgiana sees a picture in the stone before she starts to paint, adding to colors and shapes laid down by the creation of the piece of limestone a gazillion years ago; a sort of sixth sense.
This story was fun to write. John Austin Hanna is a kind and gentle man, and it shows in his paintings. 
I had fun writinghttp://texashillcountry.com/fredericksburg-insider-cheap-eats/ this story; asking people where they go for lower cost food and drink in a town with lots of expensive places. I have more to come along this line.
The cow photo was at my daughter in law’s family farm;it has nothing to do with the story really but I love the pic. 
I used to wonder what getting older would be like. To help shape that uncertain future I wrote down some goals in 2015 – Turkey & Greece with In Search of Paul (Lutherans!) in 2016, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in 2017, the Pacific Crest Trail in 2018. The Paul trip was fantastic! Now I’m planning the Camino. This is the most popular pilgrimage in the world, with 280,000 people walking some or all of it in 2015. When I saw The Way I knew the Camino was for me. I’ve walked most of my vacations, backpacking/climbing trips in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, but for this trip I’ll leave my ice ax and fly rod at home.
I spent a month in Spain in 1975 when I was a pilot in the Air Force and hoped to be back someday. The 500 mile Camino pilgrimage has been popular for over a thousand years, so there is an infrastructure of hostels, guidebooks, and restaurants to support pilgrims. I’ll be carrying my gear in my pack, but not camping or cooking on the trail. Another adviser will take care of my clients, and I’ll find help looking after Daisy and the cats and the bed and breakfast.
I’m still not sure what getting older will be like, but I’ll turn 65 on May 15th somewhere on the trail in Spain.
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