A note from Virginia Gause Greetings from the Texas Commission on the Arts! TCA has opened the call for nominations for Texas State Poet Laureate, Musician, Visual Artist 2-D, and Visual Artist 3-D.  TCA oversees the selection process for the four positions, created by S.B. 1043 of the 77th Legislature, and we would really appreciate [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook …water, we crave it, and then we hate it. Along the Mississippi River flooded bottom-lands in eastern Missouri, I several times ran out of water, down to the last sip in the water bottle – no matter that is was warm, it was water, and then none, values in perspective …. Just [...]

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