[Note: Earlier this year I learned I had sleep apnea, and wrote about that experience. This is another entry in the "2026 medical surprises" saga.] On a Wednesday in May, I

A few weekends ago, I visited 12 record stores in San Antonio, the city where I was born and grew up. Buying a record in person adds some communality up front to the

The summer of 2026 brought the World Cup to North America for the first time since 1994. The 2026 FIFA World Cup not only hogged the ball from every other televised sport, but

Experiencing the bats emerging from under the Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk, in summer especially, is an Austin activity rivaled by few other local appreciations of the natural world. There’s the all-

Following the Chinese zodiac calendar by the numbers, the “Horse” cycles through every 12 years, while another rarer breed only comes forth every 60 years. Enter the Year of the Fire Horse, with