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Intensia means fabulous phlox until fall

Intensia White phlox stuns in this mixed container recipe called ‘Butterfly Beauty’ featuring Sweet Caroline Bewitched ornamental sweet potato and Superbena Sparkling Amethyst verbena.

Intensia Red Hot dazzles in the mixed container recipe called ‘Roll of Thunder’ with ColorBlaze Chocolate Drop coleus and Lemon Coral sedum. Photos by Norman Winter

Intensia means fabulous phlox until fall

Sun, 03/21/2021 - 5:00am

On more than one occasion, I have been guilty of warning gardeners the perils of being out phloxed by their neighbors. If this happens your neighbors will certainly have the MOST dazzling landscape in the neighborhood. Should you feel that this danger is creeping upon you and your flower border, then remember the variety Intensia.

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Partially-inspired by his wife, musician and clown Molly Jane, Furly has begun a series of paintings featuring clowns on break. Photo by Celeste Hollister

A whole mood: Furly has recently begun to paint hyper-realistic, vibrantly-colored cow skulls. Photo from Furly’s Facebook gallery

Furly Art

Sun, 03/21/2021 - 5:00am

Furly Travis started sketching in junior high and began painting in high school. In his 20s, he started painting more seriously and steadily, completing on average a painting per week and selling them around town, at places like the Triple Crown and Wake the Dead.

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Above, a bacon cheeseburger from Highway 80 Feed Barn in Martindale. This bacon cheeseburger came with a delicious beef patty, bacon, pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles and mustard. Highway 80 also offered a heaping order of fries on the side. Daily Record photo by Nick Castillo

Foodie Friday: Highway 80 Feed Barn

Thu, 03/18/2021 - 7:34pm

In search of a delicious burger, we made the quick trek to Martindale to get a taste of Highway 80 Feed Barn.

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Jason Giuilietti

GSMP’s Get HIRED! Job & Training Fair designed to help optimize local talent

Wed, 03/17/2021 - 6:39pm

The light at the end of COVID-19’s tunnel has never shown brighter than it has in the last few weeks.

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M. Ray Perryman

The Economist: Imperfect, yet essential

Wed, 03/17/2021 - 6:37pm

The latest stimulus comes with a price tag of $1.9 trillion, adding to the $4 trillion authorized last year.

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Chia-Chia Lin wins 2020 Clark Fiction Prize for ‘The Unpassing’

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Chia-Chia Lin's novel, "The Unpassing," has won the 2020 L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize. The prize of $25,000 is one of the largest literary awards in the United States.

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Birds typically have the most interesting and fun collective nouns. Photo from Metro Creative

Exploring Nature: Bird Words

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Collective nouns are common in English, think of such assemblages as a flock of sheep, a den of thieves or a herd of cattle.

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Raisin d’etre: This French apple pie recipe features a surprisingly sweet addition. Photo by Metro Creative

Happy Pi Day

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Certain foods are synonymous with particular holidays or times of year. For example, few people can imagine celebrating Valentine’s Day without ample supplies of chocolate on hand. And what summer barbecue is complete without grilled hot dogs and hamburgers? While these foods and others are must-haves during certain times of the year, that doesn’t mean they cannot be enjoyed whenever a craving arises.

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Machu Morado: The Ruellia you’ve always wanted

This Pipevine Swallowtail finds this Mexican petunia in Harris County GA to be a feast.

Machu Morado like other Mexican petunias will attract butterflies like this Zebra heliconian.

Machu Morado is a new award-winning introduction of Mexican petunia or ruellia with luscious purple blooms and no threat of unwanted spread in the garden. Photos by Norman Winter

Machu Morado: The Ruellia you’ve always wanted

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Machu Morado is one of the most intriguing new plants in both name and performance. In reality it is a dream come true but I’ll explain. First, it is a Mexican petunia or Ruellia, the gregarious ‘Uncle Buck’ of the Acanthus family. A lot of gardening folks think it is a petunia.

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Texas artist Ruuch makes waves with his music as a member of the San Marcos hip-hop community. Photo by Snoopography

Art at work: Ruuch in the recording studio. Submitted photo

‘If it ain’t Ruuch, it ain’t raw’

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Everyone has an origin story. For artist and rapper K’ron Major, a.k.a Ruuch, it begins in the small town of Hopkinsville, Ky., but that was just the beginning of the ride that would lead him to San Marcos and the burgeoning hip-hop community here.