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Katie Stagliano is Founder and Chief Extinctive Gardner for Katie’s Krops whose mission is to empower youth to start and maintain vegetable gardens donating the produce to feed those in need.

Garden Treasure Tomato: A star of Katie’s Krops and your garden, too

Sun, 02/07/2021 - 5:00am

Two Garden Treasures have come together for a magnificent purpose and that is getting food to those who need it most. It is a story that is still being written and one that will tug at gardener’s hearts across the country.

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Exploring Nature: Good Eats

Sun, 02/07/2021 - 5:00am

In my far-flung travels, I have had the pleasure of staying at some fine hotels and resorts and partaking of some mouthwatering dishes.

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7 ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a socially distant manner

Sun, 02/07/2021 - 5:00am

The last year has been challenging for social butterflies, as the COVID-19 pandemic has limited opportunities to socialize in person with close friends and family members.

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Above, Casa de Don Lorenzo's Laredo plate — a heaping serving of two beef enchiladas, a tamale, chalupa and crispy taco served with refried beans and rice. Below, Casa de Don Lorenzo's Tuesday lunch special — Fried fish plate: two pieces of catfish, fries, a small dinner salad and toast. Daily Record photos by Nick Castillo & Lance Winter

Foodie Friday: Casa de Don Lorenzo

Thu, 02/04/2021 - 6:50pm

Hidden just off the Square, Casa de Don Lorenzo sits waiting to offer patrons a delicious meal.

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Keep foodborne illness away from your Super Bowl endzone

Thu, 02/04/2021 - 6:47pm

Score a touchdown this year with your Super Bowl LV snacks by keeping bacteria out of the end zone.

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Jason Giulietti

Implementing region’s economic development strategy will be community-led effort

Wed, 02/03/2021 - 6:48pm

Vision 2025, as I will continue to share, is the region’s ambitious economic development strategic plan, developed by community stakeholders from across Hays and Caldwell counties for our communiti

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M. Ray Perryman

The Economist: Moving and Working

Wed, 02/03/2021 - 6:46pm

The pandemic created upheaval in multiple areas of Americans’ lives last year, including where they live and how they work.

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Above, all pieces for the shadow theater productions are handmade by Banerjee and her daughter, Irabati. Below, 10 Dolls with Faces, part of a shadow theater project titled Putus and her 10 Friends. Photos by Debangana Banerjee

Banerjee’s outdoor classroom resembles the outdoor education she experience in her youth.

Banerjee’s works on ten dolls for the shadow theater production, Putus and her 10 Friends.

Recently, Bannerjee designed the book cover for her husband’s work, Indian Science Fiction. Submitted photos

Shadow Play

Sun, 01/31/2021 - 5:00am

San Marcos artist Debangana Banerjee grew up in West Bengal, India, in the small, idyllic university town of Santiniketan, where people hold a philosophy of simple living and high thinking. The school in which Banerjee studied is unique, operating in completely natural settings where all classes and activities were conducted outdoors, beneath the trees.

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The Journey Continues: Leadership: the Lessons of Jesus

Sun, 01/31/2021 - 5:00am

My journey this week took me to the discovery of the book, Leadership: Lessons of Jesus, by Bob Brines and Ray Pritchard, located in the small book section at the Post Exchange, USMA, West Point. It spoke to my heart and I want to share it with you. As a leader, Jesus never wrote a book, never taught a seminar, never owned a house, never led an army… but his leadership gives these Lessons:

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A sturdy bird bath provides needed winter water.Photo from Metro Creative

Exploring Nature: Winter Water

Sun, 01/31/2021 - 5:00am

We are fortunate to live in an area where freezing temps are not all that common, even in the dead of winter. That means water in birdbaths may have a thin skim of ice some mornings, but will seldom remain completely frozen all day.