When the Floodwaters Receded
There are memories all along the Guadalupe River. Just ask the volunteers, former camp counselors, and residents of the ...
Texas Monthly Writers on Covering the Central Texas Floods
In the week since the floods in Central Texas, we at Texas Monthly have been closely covering what happened and how our fellow Texans have responded.We’ve told stories about the staggering loss of l...
“They Will Laugh Again. And That River Will Be Redeemed.”
David Carpenter knows every piece of the Guadalupe River; his family’s roots in the Hill Country town of Ingram predate Texas. He grew up learning the currents, finding the holes for catfish, jumpin...
The Biblical Divorce of Angela and Ken Paxton
When Texas state Senator Angela Paxton announced Thursday on social media that she had filed for divorce from her husband, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, on “biblical grounds,” observers immed...
A Story of Courage, From One of Our Own
The subject line was “The Guadalupe.” The time stamp was Saturday, July 5, at 7:57 a.m. The sender was senior editor Aaron Parsley. “I don’t have a phone or a laptop but I’m home in Austin ...
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
Rosemary, the four-year-old, woke up first. She told my brother-in-law, Lance, that there was something on the roof.Seven of us were at my family’s river house on the Guadalupe, between Ingram and H...