Autumn Cometh
by Celia Hayes
We have already had one cool snap, and a couple of rounds of rain, all of which herald the end of summer in South Texas, and the advent of what I believe to be the fairest and most pleasant season. Spring has it's …
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Oct. 3, 2014
Autumn Cometh
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May 13, 2014
Bulverde and Spring Branch Market Days
Beautiful Bulverde
by Celia Hayes
This last Saturday was spent at the Bulverde and Spring Branch Chamber of Commerce's Spring Market Day – and my daughter and I spent all of Saturday among more than sixty vendors set up among the oak trees in the Beall's parking lot, …
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May 7, 2014
Sisterdale
Hill Country Venture
by Celia Hayes
So, knowing that on Saturd
ay, May 10, that we will be tied up all day in the hot-pink-and-zebra-striped booth in the Beall's parking lot at 281 and Bulverde Crossing for the Bulverde Spring market – and that we had some projects …
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April 7, 2014
San Antonio Book Festival
In the Shade of the Big Enchilada
By Celia Hayes
Well, that is the fond nickname given to the Central Library building in downtown San Antonio – a hulking cube with geometric cut-outs, painted in a shade of dark orange which always reminded me of paprika. This last …
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March 18, 2014
Renaissance Fair
Ren Faire
by Celia Hayes
I've always thought there was a need in these mostly settled American late 20th century time for people to dress up and be something else for a while. There are local hard-core historical reenactors who do get very, very deep into this, in …
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March 2, 2014
Gardens and Dog Parks and Market Days
Of Gardens and Dog Parks and Market Days, Oh, My!
by Celia Hayes
Alas, now that it was in the high 90's on Sunday afternoon, I must yield and submit to summer. Yes, it's here. Likely I will not see a cool night, and sleep with …
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Feb. 17, 2014
Lets Rodeo San Antonio
At the Stock Show and Rodeo
by Celia Hayes
This wasn't something that we had thought about for ourselves – going to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo at the AT&T Center – but a friend of ours had two tickets for Sunday, couldn't use …
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Dec. 16, 2013
Christmas in Boerne
Christmas Time in Boerne – Dickens on Main
by Celia Hayes
I love those celebratory events fielded by small to medium-sized towns and suburbs in Texas; when everyone pulls together for that once-a-year holiday extravaganza; New Braunfels for the Weihnachtsmarkt, Christmas on the Square in Goliad, and going …
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Nov. 18, 2013
Gypsy Market Vendor
The Moveable Market
My daughter and I are moving a little deeper into the world of the gypsy entrepreneur market these days. I mean, I have been dabbling around the edges for good few years as an independent author, once I realized that there was …
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Nov. 5, 2013
Old Town Helotes
Raising Heck in Helotes
by Celia Hayes
We ventured on a weekend outing to Helotes this last August for an art showing at a very pleasant little country venue, The Gardens in Old Town... which to our relief, turned out to be an indoors event. Frankly, mid-August …
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