By Tony Dean  The lack of summer rains over much of North Texas this year deprived some of us of viewing many of the showy forbs native to our prairies. Some of the plants were [...]

By Dave Alexander Hello Texas Music Fans! Is it October already? My how the time flies around here in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma! Some of my favorite parts about fall are the great entertainment [...]

By Steve Stevens If you want to feel like you are swept away in the ambience of an authentic vintage New Orleans bar, head over to the Twilite Lounge in Fort Worth. My wife and [...]

Bu Judy Wade Red Doyal only sustained two injuries in his entire rodeo career, one in high school and one in Pendleton in 1967. He broke his collar bone in a high school rodeo and [...]

By Clay Reid Poacher: A person who, to most people, ranks right up there with cow thieves and people who slap their mama. As I grow older, I guess I can say I kind of [...]

By Jessica Crabtree Embracing her inner talent, Kristin Smith recognized everyone in her family had a unique ability. She even had a grandfather who whittled wood, the like that ended up on presidential tables. Having [...]

By Janis Blackwell Near the small, north central Texas town of Forestburg, lives 12-year-old Blake Weston Keith and his horse Hooter. Hooter is the subject of my article this month, and although he could qualify [...]

By Garrett Metcalf, DVM The nomenclature surrounding navicular conditions in horses has undergone changes over the past 10 years with the advent of new diagnostic tools to further explore the causes of lameness that encompasses [...]

By Krista Lucas  All across the country, horses are finding new homes where they will go on to become rodeo athletes, ranch horses or even teach a child how to ride. While private treaty sales [...]

By Norman Winter When October rolls around, so does one of our best times to plant flowers for the long, cool season ahead. The first that comes to mind is pansies or violas. Make no [...]

Photos and Description By Tiffany Thompson As I sit on the front porch of my new home, I see green trees stretching out in every direction, countless taxis honking as they drive by and people [...]

By Jessica Crabtree North Texas is fortunate to have a profound number of unique individuals as its inhabitants, some of whom are even famous. One in particular came to live in Texas 17 years ago [...]

By Corsi Martin  Although Texas is large and vast and harbors just about every climate that North America has to offer (sometimes all in one day), it can be hard to travel through due to [...]

Photo and Description By Jean Stimpson “We had a short break between harvest and second and third cutting hay so my husband and five friends decided to make an overnight pack trip into Little Horn [...]

By Dave Alexander  Hello all you Texas music fans. Last month I featured the latest hotspot in Montague County to enjoy a cold American-made Texas brew, the Nocona Brewery and Tap House. Well, after a [...]

Photo and Description By Lainey Smith Fall is in the air. For most folks, fall is the time to look forward to apple picking, pumpkin carving, specialty coffee and vivid colors amongst the leaves. As a [...]

By Russell Graves Road trips are always epic for me. I live in the Texas Panhandle where chronic dryness and drought are the rule. Aside from an intermittently running river and a handful of farm [...]

By Jessica Crabtree One hundred years ago this year, World War I came to an end, a war that had began July 28, 1914, and raged on until Nov. 11, 1918. It lasted a staggering [...]

By Rayford Pullen It finally cooled off, and we have received some much-needed rain at our place at Bellevue in North Central Texas. Cattle are looking better; the prospects of having early winter grazing from [...]

By Steve Stevens  Sometimes the greatest finds are definitely out of the way places in the middle of nowhere. Located in Catron County, just north of the Gila National Forest is Pie Town, N. M. [...]