Hydroponics Flowing into Our River City

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Mother Nature devised her growing patterns to utilize basic elements of sunlight, water, soil and nutrients. However, with increasing human populations and decreasing fertile farmlands, botanists look to synthesize these growing elements more efficiently. The resulting urban farming, called hydroponics, is like in-vitro for veggies, test-tube parenting for Mother Earth, whose ticking clock is long overtaxed. Hydroponics, Greek for […]

Wild Wild West

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Plan a West Texas Road Trip the Family Will Love “I saw miles and miles of Texas…” goes the old Bob Wills classic, and those driving through West Texas will see just that — miles and miles of dusty two- and four-lane Texas roads with chaparrals darting across lonesome highways, trails cutting through stark high […]

A Smart Way to Start a Business —With Support

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Most of you have likely heard about LiftFund, formerly known as Accion-Texas.  I often wonder where my company would be today had I known about this organization and utilized the resources it offers.  Who knows  — perhaps I’d be rich and famous now! I went about building my business the hard way — brick by […]

Milestone Events at the Guadalupe

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I greatly enjoy folkloric dances of many countries. They tend to be ebullient, colorful and happy, as most were traditionally danced at festive occasions. Performed by professional dancers and tweaked a bit by a savvy choreographer, they easily become great stage entertainment. Thus it’s hardly surprising that, living here in San Antonio, I’ve become a […]

Baby Boomers

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This sandwich generation is striving for more out of life “The baby boomers annoy me. They think they are so special. I just don’t get it,” said a millennial female to another while walking along at the Shops at La Cantera. Basically, she is right. The generation born 1946-1964 does have a high opinion of itself, but […]