This coming Friday, my mama turns 77 years old. I write this column every week to talk about Denton. Here, we discuss the stuff that makes Denton Denton. People. Events. Our sense of place. My mom has never lived in Denton. She’s an East Texas girl who married an East Texas boy, and together they…
Read MoreOn Thursday, Oct. 6, City of Denton officials – including Council Members Dalton Gregory and Keely Briggs, as well as City staff – were presented with Denton’s new Gold-level Scenic City Certification during a reception at the Texas Municipal League annual conference in Austin. Denton is one of 23…
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Meet the world's worst packer: me. I have serious commitment issues when it comes to choosing what I might maybe potentially possibly want to wear three days from now and God forbid there's a major weather change and I'm not prepared for rain, cold, hot, windy or snowy days. It's too much pressure…
Read MoreIt was a dark and stormy night. The sun had long given up trying to break through the thick clouds that hung over Denton, leaving the townsfolk to fight through the downpour on their own. How appropriate, I thought to myself. I was braving the storm only to enter into totally different type of…
Read MoreI open my column today with a quote from History.com. “Bavarian Crown Prince Louis, later King Louis I of Bavaria, marries Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The Bavarian royalty invited the citizens of Munich to attend the festivities, held on the fields in front of the city gates.” This…
Read MoreSomething wonderful about being Original Independent Denton is that our original, independent ideals, interests and expressions often occur simultaneously. This means no one can ever claim boredom in Denton. It also means that on some calendar dates, Denton is the center of a festival kaleidoscope…
Read MoreWhen she was a young teen, I remember my daughter coming home from school one day in a T-shirt with the word ANARCHY in large letters across the front of it. “Take that shirt off!” I demanded immediately. “Where did you get it and why would you wear such a thing!” “Mom, it’s a band. Relax,” she…
Read More“Word: dentoning. Definition: Exploring the shops, restaurants, music venues, and cultural attractions in Denton, TX.” T his is Livability.com’s summarized definition of dentoning, a word now common in Denton culture coined by Dentonite Scott Campbell. Per his Dentoning blog, Scott invented the word…
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Photo by Caroline Basile Tim and I are empty nesters. Our kids are living their own lives out in the world now. Still, they come home from time to time, and I understand why. Home is the place they know and that knows them. They come home to just “be.” They leave their shoes in the floor and put…
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Last Sunday was a beautiful day for a drive. I gave myself plenty of time to relax and enjoy it. A little travel cooler held cold bottles of water, apples, almonds and other favorite road trip snacks on the passenger seat beside me. Favorite CDs were stacked in the console. Bags packed, car washed…
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