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Luminary series of summer phlox offers color and fragrance

Luminary Opalescence tall garden phlox boasts tantalizing fragrance, powdery mildew resistance and a long season of performance.

Luminary Ultraviolet tall garden phlox is slightly taller than the others in the Luminary series, and perfect for the perennial garden or backyard habitat. Photos by Norman Winter

Luminary series of summer phlox offers color and fragrance

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 8:20pm

Recently, I was given the task of writing a garden piece on the topic I wish I had. Sounds like a writer trap, doesn’t it? Though I am still writing that piece, I will tell you I wish I had planted more Luminary phlox last spring.

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Walter Thorington talks music history with customers at Alchemy Records, which shares space with Red Bud Roasters.

A music history as much as record collector, Thorington arranges his shelves in chronological order. Photos by Celeste Hollister

Musical Alchemy

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 5:00am

Sometimes the process by which life changes can resemble something like magic. This is how Walter Thorington describes his journey from financial analyst at the University of Texas to the owner of a record store. More than magic, though. It’s transformative, lifechanging, alchemical.

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Wimberley Players present ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’

Greg Dew as Jacob Marley and Melinda Ellisor as Scrooge in rehearsal. Photo by Simone Corprew

Greg Dew as Jacob Marley and Ronald Lessane as The Record Keeper in rehearsal. Photo by Simone Corprew

Wimberley Players present ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 5:00am

Tom Mula’s play, “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol,” opens on the Wimberley Players stage Nov. 26 and runs through Dec. 12.

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Answers to Go

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 5:00am

San Marcos Public Library

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The Journey Continues: Living a Thankful life

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 5:00am

My journey this year for Thanksgiving will find Judy and me at home eating turkey and pie without a gathering of family or friends. The virus is disruptive to our flow of annual events; it has changed the shopping, celebrating and traveling patterns for all of us.

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The Festival of Lights celebrates its 20th year.

Holiday in the Gardens celebrates 20 years of its Festival of Lights

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 5:00am

Holiday in the Gardens will hold its Moody Gardens Festival of Lights from Nov. 20 to Jan. 2 as Festival of Lights enters its 20th year. Guests can attend the Opening Day of Holiday in the Gardens on Nov. 20 as Santa Claus parachutes in to illuminate the mile-long light trail, which is one of the largest holiday lighting events on the Gulf Coast.

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The worldwide bird count was completed in October, with a check-in of over 7,000 different bird species. Photo from Metro Creative

EXPLORING NATURE: THE WHIMBREL

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 5:00am

The annual Big Day worldwide bird count was completed on Oct. 9 and some 32,000 people sent in checklists totaling 7,269 bird species. Most checklists came from the U.S., and the fewest came from Brazil.

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PThanks to their flavor, portability and relatively short preparation and cooking times, cookies are a smart choice when bringing dessert to a holiday gathering. Photo from Metro Creative

Fantastic & Flour-free

Sun, 11/21/2021 - 5:00am

Holiday entertaining season begins on Thanksgiving. Anyone who has been tasked with hosting Thanksgiving understands the commitment required to prepare a delicious meal for guests, which often encompasses appetizers, several side dishes and, of course, turkey as the centerpiece. Guests attending a Thanksgiving dinner can give holiday hosts and hostesses a break by providing dessert.

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Above, Brooklyn's Down South's red beans and rice — slow-cooked red beans cooked in spicy chicken broth served with bacon, andouille sausage and trinity topped with steamed white rice. Below, a sandwich and soup combo. Brooklyn's BLFGT — a bacon, lettuce and fried green tomato sandwich — and gumbo. Daily Record photos by Nick Castillo & Lance Winter

Foodie Friday: Brooklyn’s Down South

Thu, 11/18/2021 - 6:06pm

Sometimes our Foodie Friday series takes us across Hays County and all around San Marcos.

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San Marcos-based Big Day Pictures presents its feature documentary Nothing Stays The Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub this Friday at 730 p.m. in The Chambers Theater in Buda. Photo submitted by Jeffery Brown

Austin-area music documentary to screen Friday in Buda

Thu, 11/18/2021 - 5:59pm

San Marcos-based Big Day Pictures presents its feature documentary Nothing Stays The Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in The Chambers Theater in Buda.