Picayune Magazine
PICAYUNE PEOPLE: Cottonwood Shores couple preserves history through research, persistence
Preserving history is a passion for Cottonwood Shores residents Nichole and Michael Ritchie. The couple’s…
REMEMBER WHEN: Boxcar Bennie’s tales of adversity used to inspire others
Horseshoe Bay resident Ben Castillo, who turns 84 on May 1, spent 1947-53 living in…
Texas Historical Commission asks your help in restoring damaged markers
Armed with a wire brush, soap and water, a sander, painter’s tape, and a few…
THAT’S MY JOB: Interpretive park rangers Hannah and Daniel Kellogg
The first time Meadowlakes residents Hannah and Daniel Kellogg worked together, they were single, scraping…
Honor Flight taking Highland Lakes veterans to nation’s capital in September
As Meadowlakes resident and Vietnam veteran Jess Lofgreen walked to his gate in the Austin…
Remote control pilots reach new ‘flights’ at Kingsland airstrip
To fly an airplane at Hank Nelson Field in Kingsland, pilots have to have their…
PICAYUNE PEOPLE: Janey and Bill Rives support Highland Lakes arts while creating their own
Janey and Bill Rives happily claim a new generation is taking over the art scene…
Picayune People: Pandemic got children’s pastor, fitness instructor Rebekah Jones up and running
Cottonwood Shores resident Rebekah Jones began training for her first half-marathon in 2020, hoping to…
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Call It Courage’ by Armstrong Sperry
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Picayune Book Nook is published monthly either online at DailyTrib.com or in…
BRUSH WITH FAME: Why Helen Hall likes Ike
I was one of five Pan American World Airwaysflight attendants chosen to fly with President…
Marble Falls couple exemplifies volunteer spirit in the Highland Lakes
Cecilia and Robert de la Garza of Marble Falls have volunteered in the city’s Visitor…
Highland Lakes Helpers: Kathy Grimes caters to cats at Living Love Animal Rescue
Burnet resident Kathy Grimes didn’t consider herself a pet person until 2005, when she rescued…
Hill Country artists create colorful connections to local landscape
Springtime in the Highland Lakes bursts forth with a kaleidoscope of color, form, and texture…
Book Review: Poems as beautiful as Texas itself
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Picayune Book Nook is published monthly either online at DailyTrib.com or in…
Highland Lakes Helpers: Sharon Spencer’s cornhusk dolls add to history lessons at Marble Falls museum
Shaping wet cornhusks into small dolls started out as a fun history lesson for kids…
Women at work: Highland Lakes residents talk about breaking barriers in man’s world
Let’s start this story by looking at the rate of women making it into management…
Picayune People: Army veteran Jeff Copsetta brings history to life at Commemorative Air Force Museum
History often springs to life at the Highland Lakes Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force…