Texas’s Other Other Stonehenge
The Detours series celebrates lesser-known locales worth visiting across the state. Odessa knows about booms and busts—the rhythm of this West Texas city rises and falls with the price of a barrel...
When Grackles Gather, This Falconer Makes Them Scatter
Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Steve Oleson, who is seventy, is the owner of the Austin-based company Winged Victory. The lifelong falconer uses raptors to sc...
Billy Strings on What It’s Like to Play Willie Nelson’s Guitar
In early 2023, bluegrass phenom Billy Strings paid Willie Nelson a visit at the latter’s Pedernales Studio. The two were going to cut a duet of a song Strings had just written, “California Sober,�...
If We’re Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, Let’s Consider All Our Options
The past week or so has been a disorienting one for Americans and their allies. Are we about to declare war on Canada, Greenland, and Panama? Are you allowed to use the letters d, e, and i anymore? Do...