Groundwork: Art on the Edwards

Last year, I participated in a university town hall on water and was on a panel with someone from the Biology Department, Engineering, and Gwendolyn from Fashion Merchandising. "Fashion Merchandising?" you ask. Yes! Gwendolyn makes silk prints inspired by the Edwards Aquifer and other environmental settings! Gwendolyn slipped me a note on the dias stating … Continue reading Groundwork: Art on the Edwards →

in search of the first high-capacity well on the Texas High plains (or, ole McDonald had a farm)

Although he's been dead for almost 75 years, D.L. McDonald has cost me thousands of dollars. I was reading Donald Green's excellent Land of Underground Rain where Green discusses McDonald's sinking of what many consider the first high capacity well in the Ogallala. Being a visual person, I searched the interwebs for a photo of … Continue reading in search of the first high-capacity well on the Texas High plains (or, ole McDonald had a farm) →