In my travels abroad, if I mentioned I was from Texas, I’d invariably get the same responses as people excitedly offered the cultural references they’d picked up here and there about the Lone Star State. Pump jacks. Longhorns. Tumbleweeds. [Read more…]
July Shorelines
In celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the moon landing, we asked on Facebook: If you were in space for a year, what would you miss most about the upper Texas coast?
Pools and books are the stuff of summer
Most of my summer memories involve a pool, a book and a glimpse into other worlds. [Read more…]
June Shorelines
We asked on Facebook: What are the best books to read poolside and on the beach this summer?
Mermaid skepticism
At Coast Monthly, we ask a lot of our photographers. We ask them to hang off boats, wade far into the surf, slog through mud or spend 10 hours over three days trying to get the perfect shot of a raw oyster. By now, they’re unfazed by such requests. [Read more…]
May Shorelines
We asked on Facebook: What is your favorite sea creature — real or mythical — and why?
A tip of the hat to farmers future and past
A few years ago, while researching some family history, I came across an old classified ad in the Austin American-Statesman. The ad was under “Livestock for Sale” and its author was hoping to unload 40 goats. [Read more…]
April Shorelines
Favorite issue of 2018
Waiting for the fog to lift
Photo by Kelsey Walling
As I write this, we’re thick in the middle of fog season. [Read more…]
March Shorelines
We asked on Facebook: When someone visits, where do you take them to show off the natural beauty of the upper Texas coast?
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