Great Online Content Can Let You ‘Visit’ a Museum This Summer
If you are looking for new things to this summer do while staying home or social distancing, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian has you covered.
The museum has lots of free content...
Lee Greenwood’s New Version of “God Bless the USA”
Check out Lee Greenwood's new version of "God Bless the USA" with Home Free and The Singing Sergeants.
Summer Mosquitoes
One result of this current Covid-19 mess is the increased amount of time that I spend on our back porch in the mornings. I also share that back porch with far to many mosquitoes.
Recent...
June 30th, 1922- Texas fiddler performs on first commercial country music recording
On this day in 1922, legendary Texas fiddler Alexander (Eck) Robertson, along with fiddler Henry C. Gilliland, made what most country music historians consider the first commercial recordings of country music. The duets included...
Tomato Disease Identification
It is about this time of year that I get several questions regarding diseases in vegetable gardens. The tomatoes are rotting. The bean leaves are wilting. Something looks stunted. The lower leaves are dying....
ANGELINA ARTS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES ITS 2020-2021 TEMPLE THEATER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
LUFKIN, TX. Angelina Arts Alliance, celebrating its 20th year of presenting world-renowned
performing arts in Lufkin, proudly announces its upcoming 2020-2021 Temple Theater Season of Performing Arts, including its annual Performing Arts Series and Discovery...
Summer Vegetable Gardening Options
Perhaps you were part of the large group of folks that took the opportunity this spring to put in a vegetable garden and have been enjoying the fruits of your efforts.
But if those efforts...
Día de los Muertos Fiesta in Nacogdoches changes downtown location
Because of its growth in attendance and popularity, the annual Día de los Muertos Fiesta, or Day of the Dead festival, is moving to a different downtown location this year to accommodate larger crowds.
The...
SFA School of Art to assist with Boys and Girls Clubs’ summer programming
Dr. Maggie Leysath, professor of art education at Stephen F. Austin State University, will provide art instruction for students participating in summer programs with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Deep East...
Millipede numbers appear up this year
The current insect pest that I’ve been getting phone calls about is the greenhouse millipede. Oxidus gracilis, or the greenhouse millipede, is a common species in Texas.
As all...