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Take Three for the Sea the next time you’re at the beach

Take Three for the Sea the next time you’re at the beach

Check out this photo: Two things I hate, and which I found in abundance during a morning stroll on the beach at Galveston Island this week. Whoever dropped the straw didn’t even use it. It was still tucked inside its paper wrapper when I found it in the sand. And that...

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Taking the New Year’s plunge at Barton Springs Pool

Taking the New Year’s plunge at Barton Springs Pool

​I leapt into 2020 at Barton Springs Pool today, along with several hundred others who realized that a Polar Plunge into Barton Springs Pool barely merits a cup of hot chocolate. The water temperature at the spring-fed pool in downtown Austin hovers around 70 degrees...

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Behold my 2020 New Year resolutions

Behold my 2020 New Year resolutions

Sayonara, 2019. You’re a worn-out pair of jeans with some serious holes in the seat and knees, and it’s time to set you on fire. Oh, the patches held for a while. Strange new opportunities rained from the skies in 2019, but my gut still hurts from a couple of nasty...

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Use this and skip the plastic utensils

Use this and skip the plastic utensils

I’ve been trying to reduce plastic in my life lately, and one of my sisters gave me a Christmas gift that will make that easier to do. I’m going to keep this set of bamboo cutlery in my bike bag (or car, if I’m driving), so when I go to a coffee shop or restaurant, I...

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