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Last weekend, as I rambled around downtown Austin by bicycle, I caught a live performance by Zach Person on the Butler Hike and Bike Trail. The Trail Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to protect and enhance the 10-mile trail around Lady Bird Lake, is...

The other day, as I paddled the San Marcos River, I looked up in the sky and saw a horse charging through the clouds. I didn’t mention the illusion to my paddle partner, but he probably saw something else in the white puffs skidding across the sky. Everybody sees...

My husband came within a second of getting hit by a truck this morning, as I watched. It all unfolded in slow motion in front of me, a flurry of screeching brakes, streaking vehicles and screams. We were biking to swim practice at Western Hills Athletic Club at about...

Tiny wooden gavels in hand and elaborate hand-sewn collars around their necks, a group of runners dressed in black made their way through downtown Austin this morning. The women, the word VOTE printed in white across the back of their shirts, made two laps around the...