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The parking lot at Barton Springs is closing Feb. 15 for at least a year
Heads up, swimmers. Crews are preparing to start work on the Barton Springs Bathhouse rehabilitation project, and that means parking is about to get tricky. The parking lot on the north side of the pool will shut Feb. 15 and remain closed during construction,...

The best things in (my) life
Lately, I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night a lot, with wild thoughts running through my mind. I’m trying to tame the money brain – or at least avoid thinking about world problems or things I can’t control. Last night I focused on thinking about the best...

Head to Harrel’s Soda Fountain for nostalgia – and a milkshake for less than $4
I love an old-fashioned soda fountain, and I found a classic, where I could perch on a bar stool and sip a strawberry milkshake, in downtown Kingsville, Texas. It didn’t hurt that the milkshake I got at Harrel’s Kingsville Pharmacy cost less than $4, either. My...

I’m running short distances after ACL surgery and I’m thrilled
I ran a mile and a half yesterday.That might not sound like much – it didn’t to me, just a year ago. But that was before I took an ungraceful spill while snow skiing on the Ides of March last year, detaching my ACL and sustaining other assorted bodily damage. Running...