In Texas, you can feel Homecoming before you see it. It’s the jingle of bells on a ribbon, the rustle of mums brushing down a hallway, and the low hum of a marching band in the distance. The air is cooler—football weather—and Friday night isn’t just another game. It’s the night a whole town comes … Read more
October settles over Kendall County like a quilt. The mornings begin to carry that crisp air we’ve been waiting for, the trees start to hint at turning, and you can smell fires drifting from backyards and campsites. Football fills the evenings, deer blinds are cleaned and stocked, and the calendar fills with fall festivals, church … Read more
Cooler mornings and earlier sunsets. An extra cup of morning coffee and maybe a finger or two of evening bourbon. Time to inventory the firewood out front and spread the rye grass seed. To most people it’s probably just a break from the heat, pumpkin lattes at the coffee shop and a change of … Read more
Published in 2011, the late John Eddie Vogt’s book, Witches, Bitches, and Other Small Town Folks, brings to life the quirky, unforgettable, and entertaining tales of growing up and living in Kendall County from the 1930s through the 1960s. Thanks to the gracious permission of his family, The Kendall Gentleman is honored to share excerpts … Read more
For Officer David Chavez, law enforcement was never just a job. From his earliest days hunting with his uncles to a family friend in uniform who treated him like a son, the seeds of service were planted early. He first pursued his dream of becoming a Texas Game Warden, serving in that role for 15 … Read more
Kendall County, with its rolling hills, spring-fed creeks, and rich cultural history, has long been shaped by men and women whose stamina and vision built community from the rugged Texas frontier. Among those early builders stands E. O. Rust (1855–1937), a figure whose entrepreneurial drive and deep commitment to civic life left a lasting imprint … Read more
Ken Nietenhoefer likes to say he’s lived six different lives. He even wrote them down once, in a manuscript he calls My 6 Lives. But listening to him tell it, those chapters don’t sit neatly side by side. They stack on each other, like wood grain running through a beam, all adding up to the … Read more
This month’s review by Mr. Clay the Cigar Guy from The Cigar Society, is the 1875 Bully (5 x 50) by Romeo y Julieta. Since I do not smoke many cigars with Indonesian wrappers, I would be lying to you if I said this cigar is always present in my humidor of go-to cigars. I … Read more
The most important people in my life are not on billboards or TV. The most important and influential people in my life are not famous. They are not world leaders or politicians. The most important and influential people in my life, I run into and meet every day. They are the ones who are walking … Read more