Category: Dallas

The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park by John Leake

Native Plant Symposium on Saturday, July 14

Native Plant Symposium on Saturday, July 14   ONE DAY SERIES OF TALKS FEATURING REGIONAL PLANT SPECIALISTS Six speakers on six captivating topics. Join us as we celebrate the wealth of plant diversity in the Lone Star State! In an environment increasingly devoid of this plant heritage, protecting, restoring, using, and promoting it is more…

Divided Together Again by Christian Vasquez

For my 750th post, here is a moving, beautifully done short film by a young Dallas man who was downtown in July at the protest march. He captured the aftermath of the shooting of the 5 Dallas police officer heroes and others: Divided Together Again from Christian Vasquez on Vimeo. You can learn about these brave police officer heroes by…

Harwood District vs. Harwood Historic District

Dallas can be really confusing . . . As someone who associates “Harwood” with the eastern section of downtown (vivid memories of the old downtown central library at Harwood and Commerce), I only recently have taken notice of a new “district” that exists with a similar name (on the other side of downtown that has been…

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