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Because there's so much to lose if walls are erected along the Rio Grande River as it trickles through Big Bend National Park, I wrote my elected officials asking them to adhere to our state's slogan, DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS. Yes, you can write to Abbott, Cruz, and Cornyn, and more...

Vacancy, Unveiled: A struggling single mother and a suspicious widow both have a habit of hiding from hard truths, until a brutal tragedy in an unforgiving Texas town forces them to face what they’re hiding, and fill the vacancy in their own hearts. New fiction in The Dust Series. Based on a true story.

There’s a saying in real estate, that it’s all about location. Location. Location. Location. It’s just as true in writing historical novels.

Is the Texas thistle the prettiest of the weeds masquerading as flower?

That depends. Are you superstitious? No matter, using the power of three in photography always makes a picture better. Call it impact, order, or balance, here's how images rely on what's pleasing to the eye.

Though the Terlingua ghosts are long gone, the visitors still flock to the town's Chili Cookoff and visit the historic final resting place