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Want cars to see you when you run in the dark? Try this!
Did you see that multi-colored flash of light streak down your street the other morning?That wasn’t an asteroid entering the earth’s atmosphere - it was me, jogging from my home in the Allendale neighborhood to Barton Springs Pool for a dip. Since it was dark at 6:30...

Trash is piling up on Texas beaches – please help clean it up
If you need convincing that we’ve got a plastic problem on our planet, take a stroll on the beach.When a weekend scuba diving trip got cancelled, I headed to the Texas coast to dip my toe in the surf. I got distracted between sets of leaping through the waves at North...

Today’s adventure: Making gin!
Me and gin, we’ve got a thing. Last week, during a trip to Park City, Utah, I mixed a blend of botanicals to create my very own gin, suitable for sipping. Rob Sergent, owner of Alpine Distilling (which, besides making booze, has a pie bar!) walked me through the...

At Iron Fly, learn about fly fishing, then help clean San Marcos River
I just got back from Utah, where I caught two brown trout while fly fishing in the Provo River. Something about wearing waders, standing thigh deep in a chilly mountain stream and casting a fly rod fills me with contentment, even if I don’t reel in a fish....