Features

SOLAR POWER
By Bill McCann, Kaye Northcott and Kevin Hargis
Solar-generated electricity for all is still but a glimmer in our future, but new technologies hold great promise for sunny Texas.

MINI BLESSINGS
By Karen Branz Leach
Miniature horses offer visitors a gentle greeting at the Monastery of St. Clare.

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Departments

POWER TALK
Letters to the Editor; safety and energy tips; co-op people, places and trivia.

ELECTRIC NOTES
Energy tips and safety information.

OBSERVATIONS
DON’T MESS WITH MY MUG
By Mike Cox
Nobody knows who invented the coffee mug.

TEXAS USA
SWEET TASTE OF SUCCESS
By Eileen Mattei
Dixondale Farms produces 420 million onion plants a year.

FOOTNOTES IN TEXAS HISTORY
LEGEND OF THE WORLD’S LITTLEST SKYSCRAPER
By Carlton Stowers
Visitors to the North Texas city of Wichita Falls are routinely given directions to the edge-of-downtown corner of Seventh Street and LaSalle where, since 1919, the World’s Littlest Skyscraper has stood.

RECIPES
PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD
By Kevin Hargis
Recipes featuring spice rubs, plus the winners of our reader recipe contest.

FOCUS ON TEXAS
UNDERWATER
Reader photo contest. Take a deep breath as we go underwater—or almost all the way underwater, in some cases—to explore readers’ photographic creativity.

AROUND TEXAS
Statewide Event Listings.

HIT THE ROAD
AMARILLO TO CANYON
By Camille Wheeler
Discover dinosaur bones and Cadillac fins not far from fabled Route 66.