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App Review: Field Trip Music: Van Darien Bares Her Soul IN Books: What Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Reading Artists: A.D. Maddox & Ed Anderson

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East Texas Cool Lights, Camera, Shreveport All In: Poker Sharks Texas Shakespeare Festival: Here Comes the Bard

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I’m doing a staycation!

Danny Mogle Editor of IN Magazine

hen it comes to the staycation, count me among the enthusiastic believers. When I get a week off from work, I want a little – no make that a lot – of rest and relaxation. I want – no, make that need – to recharge my batteries. I don’t want to worry about airline reservations, hotel reservations, packing (despite my wife’s gentle reminders, I always forget one or two essentials) and especially itineraries that have me running around like a frenzied tourist. Forget it! And it’s not that I want to become a zombie who never leaves the couch and the big-screen TV (a “NCIS” marathon would push me over the edge). Quite the contrary, I want to use my precious time off to check out things right here in East Texas that I’ve never seen (Grand Saline’s Salt Palace sounds intriguing), do something adventurous (paddle down the Neches River) and poke my nose into places I never have

time to explore (East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park, here I come). My perfect staycation is spending my days exploring the best East Texas has to offer, spending my nights taking in a fantastic show (the Texas Shakespeare Festival is calling my name) and then at the end of the day going home to my fully stocked fridge, retiring to my oh so comfy bed, fluffing up my oh so comfy pillow and sleeping like a baby. Thankfully East Texas has a lifetime of places to explore and things to do. This edition of IN is a celebration of the staycation and the adventures that await in our own back yards.. Don’t let anyone tell you there’s nothing to do here during summer vacation. It’s not true. If you’re a thrill seeker, get your heart racing by leaping from a plane at Skydive East Texas, flying through the trees on a zip line course (there are three in our area) or swimming through sunken wreckage at the Athens Scuba Park. If your idea of thrills is spending a day searching for yesteryear treasures, head to Gladewater or Jefferson. These quaint little towns have antique shops galore. Everyone should experience First Monday Trade Days at least once in their life. Yes it’s crowded, but you’ve got to admit, you’ll come home with something unusual. If you like to take things nice and slow and enjoy nature, leisurely hike through beautiful Tyler State Park (you’ll love the lake) or the sprawling Mineola Nature Preserve. If your kids are driving you crazy, let them burn off energy at Splash Kingdom Water Park or the WaterPark at the Villages. If they’re still not exhausted, take them to Discovery Science Place where they could also learn a thing or two. My mind is made up. This summer, I’m doing the staycation thing. I’m staying close to home, having fun and, best of all, sleeping like a baby in my oh so comfy bed.

From the moment I first picked up IN at the Diner I was engrossed. I find that the magazine makes me love East Texas even more. Your team spotlights the things that make our area great – the artists and entrepreneurs that give our cities heart. I dogear pages and write down places I want to go. (I still want to check out the couple that repurposes old things in downtown Tyler) I leave the magazine for my husband who quickly finds his own items of interest. In fact, today I mailed the article about the brain injury victor on to a friend. I didn't grow up here like so many others so there are times when I miss the charms of city-life, but your magazine reminds me that there is always a new and inviting place to try in my own town. Whitney Prosperi Wow Ms. Foster (“Patti Foster: The Survivor,” March/ April), what a blessing God … is doing in your life. What an inspiration you are. As a fellow Christian, I would like to thank you for allowing God to use you to inspire others in life through the tragedy (traumatic brain injury from an automobile accident) that you went through. Our Lord Jesus Christ also has given me a second life too. I spent 52 days in a coma before my memory came back. It took me two years to learn everything physical. When I woke from a coma, I too was an infant again based on the brain-wave tests that were performed. I go and share when God opens the door for me. Only Jesus Christ brought me through the wreck (I was in) and recovery. … All credit goes to God for he is wonderful. Mark Holloway Danny, you and the other writers and photographers are doing fine work in IN Magazine. I really enjoyed The Re-Do Lady (Whitney Fate) and caught her inspiration reading about her refinishing projects. After seeing the purple dresser with turquoise hardware in the story, I decided that the new shelves in my hall will be purple and turquoise too! Fun! Carol Thompson Thank y’all!! I loved working with you and love how the article (“The Re-Do Lady,” March/April) turned out. Whitney Fate

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App Review

You’ll Love This Field Trip

By NICK BUSKE

It’s not hard to believe that summer is at our doorstep. Launch a weather app and the humidity reading likely will serve as incontrovertible proof. During the next months, you will hear summer lauded and bedeviled – often by the very same person, maybe even during the same week. Surely, we all can agree that summer is supposed to be the fun season. Kids have no school, Otter Pops are available in bulk and sometime, somewhere, somehow, families will enjoy themselves on vacation. While most view vacation as a welcomed break from life’s normal routine, increasingly we are not willing to cut ourselves off from the web. Facebooking in Fiji. Tweeting in Timbuktu. Instagramming in Istanbul. Fieldtripping in Frankfurt. Fieldtripping in Frankfurt? What’s that? While Facebook, Twitter and Instagram allow you to share your experiences with the world (whether the world cares), Google has an app, Field Trip, that shares worldly experiences with you. Field Trip is poised to enlighten and enrich your travels abroad – whether “abroad” is across the state border or across the ocean. It’s the equivalent of toting a full set of Encyclopedia Britannica, a continent’s worth of Zagat guides, years of Architectural Digest and so much more. From oddball to cliche, Field Trip helps you discover what’s around you. 12

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As long as your iOS or Android device has Internet connection, the app will provide a customized stream of content based on your interests. How does Field Trip know your interests? Easy. Tapping the menu icon on the top right reveals potential interests: architecture; historic places and events; lifestyle; offers and deals; foods, drinks and fun; cool and unique; and art and museums. You tell Field Trip your interests by drilling down into each item and checking off related information. This will make or break your experience with Field Trip, so choose wisely. Done wrong, the visual result will be data overload. Done right, its information nirvana! Certainly, you can’t be expected to stare at your phone screen all vacation just to learn a thing or two about your surroundings? No worries, Google’s got you covered. From within the settings menu, you can toggle automatic, geo-specific notifications from “off” to “occasional” to “frequent.” The app offers suggestions based on

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your pre-set interests, but only with your blessing. What good is a quiet moment atop the Eiffel Tower if you’re being pinged with historical facts about those few who have jumped to their death from your viewpoint? Handier still is Field Trip’s nod to the road trip. Since the app can work passively in the background and constantly knows where you are by using your device’s GPS, it can – if permitted – talk to you about things in that area that interest you. The app can either speak only the title of the potential interest or title and description. If you tell Field Trip that you are interested in historic places and events, it will call them out. You even can ask the app to speak only when you are using a wired headset or Bluetooth earpiece. This is a thoughtful feature for family members in the car who may have little interest in Area 51 alien lore on the way to Disneyland. Of course, if Field Trip clues you in to an alien sighting hotspot and your family documents with Smartphone cameras little green men, rest assured the vacation will be one for the history books. Not to mention Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! Field Trip is free for iOS and Android. If you intend to use the web on a Smartphone outside the U.S., contact your carrier to purchase an international data plan.

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Van Darien Bares her

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ne day outside her home, Van Darien found a bird’s nest on the ground. The only traces of the bird that once had found security and comfort in the nest were a few bony remnants of wings. The worthless nest and the wings that no longer could take flight became an inspiration for Van’s upcoming album, “Silent Sparrow.” “It’s a little on the dark side,” says the 28-year-old singer of the collection of songs to be released in June. She wrote some of the songs after emerging from a dark chapter in her life – a chapter that found her trapped in a relationship that began good but turned very ugly. “I never knew mean people existed,” she says of the toxic relationship. “I don’t trust people all the way (like I did) and that upsets me.” Putting together “Silent Sparrow” was part of her process of dealing with the pain and ultimately moving forward. “I’m an introspective person. I think a lot. … Sometimes I think too much about certain things.” When the introspection happens, all the stuff churning in her head inevitably comes pouring out as songs.

INTROSPECTION Songs on “Silent Sparrow” reflect the pain of love gone wrong. In “Hold Me Down” – which begins with the bare beat of clicking drumsticks and moves into a bluesy guitar riff – she bemoans that every time she tries to escape her man he pulls on her chain. You’re holdin’ me, holdin’ me, holdin’ me, holdin’ me dooown/ She sings of being knocked down and having to lick her wounds and belts out a final plea: Stop holdin’ me, | Cont. on page 18

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Cont. from page 17 | holdin’ me, holdin’ me, holdin’ me dooown/ In the slow-tempo, mournful single “Silent Sparrow” she sings: Stanger, stranger at my door/ Don’t you come knockin’ here no more/ I don’t want those things you’re sellin’/ I’m goin’ to make you disappear/ And … Silent sparrow don’t you sing/ Gypsy’s goin’ to clip your wings/ Turn your song into a poison/ Save it for a man to drink/

INFLUENCES Van, short for Vanessa, has been singing and writing songs since she was a teenager. Growing up in Weatherford, she listened to a little of everything from folk to rock. “My parents were so supportive (of her deci18

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sion to be a singer). They gave me a guitar and lessons and encouraged me to get out there and sing.” With a soulful sound and raspy vocals, Van was soon landing gigs throughout the Dallas area and performing in shows with more established performers such as Cody Canada and The Departed and Josh Weathers Band. She has released two albums, “Time to Kill & Only One Stone” and “Boomerang.” Van says she is inspired by the musical style of Patty Griffin, who transcends folk, gospel and country genres and has penned songs covered by artists as diverse as Mary Chapin Carpenter and Bette Midler. “She’s very real with her lyrics,” Van says of Griffin. “She’s unafraid to cover any topic.” Van also likes the music of Grace Askew, another singer who seems to pour her soul into every song, and Uncle Lucius, the Austin-based country, rock band that infuses its music with a

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ALBUM RELEASE Van believes “Silent Sparrow” includes her best work yet. She collaborated with writers Joey Green, Maren Morris and Ryan Michael, who performs with the Dallas band The Roomsounds. “This is more of a blues-driven record and was done more organically. … We recorded it with all of us in the room at the same time (performing).” Van’s website describes the album as “a balance of pop, Americana, and rock ‘n’ roll that hints of artists (such as) Ryan Adams, Sheryl Crow and Tom Petty.”

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Book Reviews

“7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess” // by Jen Hatmaker Jen Hatmaker, a pastor’s wife and mom living in Austin, decided to conduct what some would call an extreme experiment. For seven months (hence the title), Hatmaker endeavored to adhere to a fast of sorts, focusing on what she concluded were the excesses of our time: clothes, possessions, media, waste, spending and stress. She explains: “I’m embarking on a journey of less. It’s time to purge the junk and pare down to what is necessary, what is noble. Seven will be an exercise in simplicity with one goal: to create space for God’s kingdom to break through.” Luckily, I was allowed to go along on her wild ride – from the comfort of my iPad and cappuccino – while she figured it all out. The No. 7 was her goal for the experiment. For each month, she clung to 7 for dear life. One month it was to only wear 7 items of clothing. Yes, the same 7. When asked if her family was also participating, Jen Hatmaker said, “Yes and no. If my children were reduced to eating avocados, spinach and eggs, they would’ve starved to death before we ever reached the second month. Some months of this project were simply not kid friendly. I did not feel like answering to their therapists one day for why I made them wear the same seven clothes for a month of fourth grade.” So hilarious, I found myself giggling maniacally in public places – but it

also was so very heart rendering that I found myself looking at my own indulgences and wondering what could – or should – go.

“The Invention of Wings” // by Sue Monk Kidd I have a small disclaimer: I’ve never been one to worry about reading all of Oprah Winfrey’s picks for her book club. I have my own book club, thank you, and we decide what books to devour the way teenage boys crunch down 99-cent tacos. But when I read a small blurb for Kidd’s book, I knew I had to take a look. It’s a curious combination of fiction and history. When Kidd discovered that she had been living in the same city where Sarah and Angelina Grimké, the first prominent female abolitionists and among the early American feminists, she wanted to learn more about these groundbreaking sisters. The girls grew up in the heart of Charleston’s privilege, and all the trappings that went along with their station in life. When young Sarah is given her first slave on her eleventh birthday and tries to free her, the reader gets a glimpse of the making of an abolitionist. When the Grimké sisters began speaking out against slavery and feminist issues, they were run out of town and forced, for a time, to live in hiding. In the introduction, Kidd discusses the largest deviation from the sisters’ real story – the imaginary friendship between Sarah and Handful (an enslaved girl living in the household). Beautifully executed and unexpectedly poignant, “The Invention of Wings” drew me in from the first page and kept me captivated until the end. Lovely, beautiful, devastating.

“Humans of New York” // by Brandon Stanton

an obsession. Brandon Stanton loves taking pictures of people – all kinds of people – and his collection manages to showcase the diversity of human spirit within one of the largest (and some say, the coldest) cities in our country. Stanton explains: “I first envisioned HONY as a photographic census of New York City. I wanted to take 10,000 portraits and plot them on an interactive map of the city. That way you could click on any neighborhood in New York and scroll through the faces of people who live there.” Stanton took his idea a step further. Rather than just skulking around in the background taking strangers’ photos, he interviewed them, and included a sentence or two about their story under their photo. The result is a fascinating peek into the stories and psyches of the heart of the city. What I really admired about Stanton’s work was the fact that he seemed fearless. He talked to everyone – nobody seemed too strange or different to approach. What remains is a sometimes subtle, often overwhelming portrait of the human condition. Funny, stunning, shocking and completely American.

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rtists A.D. Maddox and Ed Anderson have been friends since they met and talked for hours at a gallery show in Idaho a few years ago. The two bonded over their love for the outdoors and presenting that love through paintings. “Trout Paintings,” an exhibition by the artists, opens May 17 at Longview Museum of Fine Arts. The show features huge, colorful pieces that show personalities people probably wouldn’t imagine exist in fish.

A.D. MADDOX

“What I love about trout the most is, No. 1, their color. Especially brook trout. Brook trout are amazing – their greens and their red spots, orange bellies,” says A.D., who lives in Nashville. “I could say the same for brown trout and rainbows. They’re all spectacular and then the cutthroat’s so unique. … Those are the four that I like, because of their color.” Never having had formal art training, she was amazed how quickly her first trout painting sold. “I have always been an artist, my whole life,” she says. “But also, if I’m gonna paint something that’s gonna communicate to my public, then I’ve got to paint what is in the area. And most of my life, I’ve been in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and it was suggested that I paint trout for the gallery.

“And it was way back; this was like 16 years ago. And my first trout painting that went in the gallery sold in like 20 minutes. So you can imagine, it was a $1,000 piece that just ran out the door, so I continued to paint trout because it was a successful action.” She takes photos (shot by herself and others) of fish for her paintings. If she’s fishing, she keeps her camera ready. “There’s just a few photographers I work with now, just a few,” she says. “Like two. For right now, anyway, because the type of paintings I do with fishing and water, I’ve got to have the correct anatomical features of the trout to make it realistic, and I don’t want them to look like cartoon fish.” A.D. says that it is important to her to get details, such as the gills, correct. She uses a photo of a fish as a reference for anatomy “but then I go into my imagination. It makes it (painting) a lot more enjoyable – it’s pretty annoying just working from a photo.”A.D. puts the fish back in the water quickly. “There’s always a way to manipulate it, put the fish on the rocks real quick, with the reel behind it, take a shot, get the fish back in the water as fast as you can,” she says. “I always have somebody with me, to hold the fish or hold the fish in the water while I take the picture, there’s always different ways to manipulate it without causing any harm to that poor little fish.” For 17 years, art has been her full-time business and is something she’s never stopped doing. | Cont. on page 27 May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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The work of A.D. Maddox and Ed Anderson, will be featured in an exhibit “Trout Paintings” at Longview Museum of Fine Arts.

Cont. from page 25 | “We’re all artists in the beginning. All of us start out in school, kindergarten, first grade art class. (It’s) just some of us never quit. Painting’s the only thing I ever did really, really well. … It’s the one area of my life that I was always a winner.” Her one rule while creating art: “Don’t think.”

ED ANDERSON

Ed Anderson, who lives on a river in Boise, Idaho, with his wife Rebecca and twin 2-year-old girls, prefers watered-down, bright acrylic paints for his style, with ink splashed on top in gestural drawings. He prefers acrylic because it dries quickly. “I definitely try to convey what my lifestyle is: a really fun, lively life in the outdoors. … And it’s a very different take on outdoor art. … This is a very pop-art kind of style, kind of a take on what the outdoors is to me.” His time in the Air Force brought him to Intermountain West, where he owns a lodge and spends a lot of time outdoors doing fishing and hunting work for Jackson Kayak. “And my art’s evolved that way. I do a lot of different things, but the fishing and hunting artwork seems to be kind of where my artwork has just traveled.” Ed says his paintings in the Longview show relate to coastal and inland fishing around Texas and the Gulf Coast. He has clients and family in Texas. “It’s seeing a new, interesting take on the stuff I do. You know, most of my work is directly related to my life in the Intermountain West,” he says. “I do some saltwater species and have some work all around the country, but Texas is a spot that I really enjoy and can’t wait to get down there.” Ed also works with Veteran Outdoors, a nonprofit that organizes outdoors experiences for wounded military veterans. The organization’s website says fishing and hunting have a “therapeutic effect” on veterans with disabilities. Ed and A.D. both have had art on the cover of Gray’s Sporting Journal and have done artwork for fly-fishing apparel company Fincognito. A.D. and Ed will speak about their art during the exhibit’s opening May 17. The show will run through June 28.

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the temperature gets hot, hot, really hot, we long for ways to keep cool. Forget it! With the blistering summer sun, (is that sweat I feel running down my neck?) there’s no way to be cool, so we might as well have fun doing things that are cool. Thankfully, East Texas is full of cool things to do and see – offbeat, unusual and one-of-a-kind. So throw on your shorts and flip flops, grab a gigantic snow cone and let’s have the coolest summer ever.

ATHENS

What’s cooler than a spring-fed, crystalclear lake full of sunken treasures? Athens Scuba Park has underwater visibility up to 50 feet. The Old Fiddlers Reunion, May 30-31, is fun and free. Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center has a strange looking alligator gar and cool underwater dive show. Explore the gardens at East Texas Arboretum. Fly – at least zip – through the trees nearby at New York, Texas ZipLine Adventures.

BEN WHEELER

Filled with unique artisans shops, Ben Wheeler may be the coolest town in Texas. Moore’s Store and Forge Bistro offer live music. A new event, The Far Out Art Fest and June Bug Music Festival (I told you it was cool) is set for June 21-22.

BULLARD

With a tree fort, twisty slides and rock wall, Kid’s Park is cool. Have a picnic under the pavilion. How many schools house a public museum? Brook Hill School is the site of the American Freedom Museum.

CARTHAGE

Music enthusiasts love the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and Tex Ritter Museum and the live music show Country Music Hayride each week at Esquire Theater.

CANTON

The gigantic First Monday Trade Days is the coolest super-duper sized flea market ever. After bargain | Cont. on page 33

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East Texas Cool Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari Photo Courtesy: Tyler Morning Telegraph

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The Miranda Lambert Store & Red 55 Winery Photo Courtesy: Tyler Morning Telegraph

Cont. from page 31 | hunting, cool down on the water rides in Splash Kingdom Water Park or at Wired ZipLine Challenge Course.

CHANDLER

Chandler’s new summer event, Riverfest at River Park, May 17, will include a 5K mud run, crawfish boil and live bands.

GILMER

Check out the Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum at the airport and soar at the Thomas Falls Zipline Challenge Course.

GLADEWATER

Cowboys are cool and there’s no better cowboy competition than the Gladewater Roundup Rodeo, June 11-14. The thrill of jumping out of a plane is yours at Sky Dive East Texas. Search for yesteryear memorabilia in downtown antique shops and enjoy aspiring Loretta Lynns and Blake Sheltons at Gladewater Saturday Night Opry.

GRAND SALINE

The Salt Palace displays information about the huge salt deposit below ground and is a highlight during the Salt Festival, June 12-14. See gators more than 14 feet long at East Texas Gators and Wildlife Park.

HENDERSON

The Oil Field Driving Tour includes stops at Gaston Museum and New London Museum, which chronicles the New London School explosion tragedy. The sprawling Jordan’s Plant Farm contains acres of stores, plants and Milo, the farm’s infamously cool cat. Depot Museum provides insight to local history. An exhibit in July spotlights singer Jim Reeves.

JACKSONVILLE

The world’s biggest bowl of salsa was made at Jacksonville Tomato Fest. This year’s fest is June 14. Tops in Texas Rodeo, May 15-17, ups the cool factor with Tough Enough to Wear Pink raising awareness of breast cancer. Water buffalo are among the animals at Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari. You can see for miles from Love’s Lookout and one of the best Fourth of July fireworks shows at Lake Jacksonville.

JEFFERSON

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Cont. from page 33 | bustling riverport. Many attractive houses and B&Bs are from the early 1900s. Antique stores, museums, hotels and cool shops line the streets.

KILGORE

When it comes to writers, William Shakespeare is the king of cool. Kilgore hosts the Texas Shakespeare Festival each summer. The towering oil derricks downtown in the World’s Richest Acre are cool too. East Texas Oil Museum has a 1930s oil boom main street. If you prefer a museum with more kick, head to the Rangerette Showcase and Museum. The East Texas PumpJacks team brings baseball to Driller Park.

LINDALE

The Miranda Lambert Store & Red 55 Winery pays homage to Lindale’s cool country music superstar. The 27-acre Parrott Park/ Old Mill Pond Museum displays vintage farm equipment. May Days, May 15-17, features The Lindale Championship Rodeo.

LONGVIEW

The Great Texas Balloon Race, July 28Aug. 3, makes Longview cool. You’ll love the balloon glow. Gregg County Historical Museum offers a window to the past and Longview Museum of Fine Arts displays contemporary art. Kids literally bounce off the walls at Air U trampoline park. AlleyFest, May 9-10, offers music, food and games.

LUFKIN

Paddle the Neches/Davy Crockett Paddling Trail on the Neches River or visit the Ellen Trout Zoo. Big events include Summer Fest Texas, May 18, and Neches River Rendezvous, June 1. See the skeleton of a dinosaur at Naranjo Museum of Natural History and celebrate the area’s heritage at Texas Forestry Museum.

MARSHALL

Texas and Pacific Railway Museum includes an old railroad agent’s office and caboose on the grounds. Michelson Museum of Art features Russian American artist Leo Michelson.

MINEOLA

Lake Country Playhouse & Select Theatre, one of the oldest movie houses in Texas, presents movies, plays and concerts. With miles of riding trails and the remains of a Caddo Indian settlement, Mineola Nature Preserve is a cool outdoor experience.

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Blueberry Festival June 14. FreedomFest, an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration ends with a bang. At Stephen F. Austin State University, you’ll find the historic Old Stone Fort Museum, eight-acre Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden and SFA Planetarium.

PALESTINE For an experience you won’t find anywhere else, tour NASA’s National Scientific Balloon Base. See history on display at The Museum for East Texas Culture and then literally step back in time aboard the historic Texas State Railroad which travels between Palestine and Rusk. Lake Palestine offers fun on the water.

PITTSBURG The Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum houses a full-scale model of the 1902 Ezekiel Airship and the Farmstead Museum with its 100-year-old farm, barn and smokehouse.

QUITMAN Quitman Arboretum includes 23 acres of walking trails gardens and historic Stinson House. Nearby at Lake Fork is some of the best bass fishing in Texas.

SULPHUR SPRINGS The Southwest Dairy Museum and Learning Center depicts early dairy production. Visit Sulphur Springs on the Saturday before Independence Day for the annual patriotic concert on the square.

TYLER Animal lovers can enjoy creatures in wildlife dioramas at Brookshire’s World of Wildlife Museum & Country Store; roaming at Caldwell Zoo; or, in the case of once neglected big cats, being cared for at Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge. WaterPark at the Villages provides the cool combo of water rides and the comfort of being indoors. Tyler Junior College’s Center for Earth & Space Science Education also is a cool combo: a science museum and planetarium theater. Museum lovers can pick from Tyler Museum of Art, Smith County Historical Society Museum, Tyler Rose Museum overlooking the Rose Garden, Goodman Museum, Historic Aviation Memorial Museum and kid-friendly Discovery Science Place. Kids love the go-carts, games and rides at Fire Mountain Amusements. Little daredevils can try new skateboard and bike tricks at Noble E. Young Skatepark. Tyler State Park is a favorite summer destination and Tyler Jaycees’ Fourth of July fireworks show is a summer tradition.

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Learn more Air U flyairu.com

AlleyFest longviewchamber.com/AlleyFest

American Freedom Museum at Brook Hill School brookhill.org

Athens Scuba Park athensscubapark.com

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Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari cherokeetrace.com

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Depot Museum depotmuseum.com

Discovery Science Place discoveryscienceplace.org

East Texas Arboretum easttexasarboretum.org

East Texas Gators easttexasgators.com

East Texas Oil Museum easttexasoilmuseum.com

East Texas PumpJacks pumpjacksbaseball.com

Ellen Trout Zoo cityoflufkin.com/zoo

Fire Mountain Amusements

Gladewater Roundup Rodeo

Old Fiddlers Reunion

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Grand Saline Salt Festival

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Great Texas Balloon Race

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Southwest Dairy Museum

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Historic Aviation Memorial Museum

Stephen F. Austin State University

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Texas Country Music Hall of Fame

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Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plant Farm jordansplantfarm.com

Lake Country Playhouse lakecountryplayhouse.com

Lindale lindalechamber.org

Longview Museum of Fine Arts lmfa.org

Miranda Lambert Store & Red 55 Winery

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Texas Forestry Museum treetexas.com

Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest visitorcenters/tffc

Texas Shakespeare Festival texasshakespeare.com

Texas State Railroad

red55winery.com

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Michelson Museum for Art

Thomas Falls Zipline Challenge Course

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Mineola Nature Preserve mineolanaturepreserve.com

Museum for East Texas Culture museumpalestine.com

Naranjo History of Natural History

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Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge tigercreek.org

Tops In Texas Rodeo topsintexasrodeo.com

Tyler Museum of Art

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Neches River Rendezvous

Tyler Rose Museum

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visitlufkin.com/events/annual nechesriver

tylerrosemuseum.com

Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum

New London Museum

WaterPark at the Villages

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New York Texas ZipLine Adventures

Wired Zipline Challenge

firemountainamusementstyler.com

First Monday Trade Days

flightofthephoenix.org

Gladewater Opry thegladewateropry.com

ziptheusa.com

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In one of the heart-pounding moments of last year’s action thriller “Olympus Has Fallen,” evil North Korean terrorists storm the White House. In the battle-to-the-death showdown with federal agents, bombs explode, smoke fills the air and shots – lots and lots of shots – ring out. Carnage and chaos ensue. Oh my! To convince us that the president’s office is under a massive guerilla assault, Hollywood used its full bag of razzle dazzle tricks: tons of special effects and a legion of carefully choreographed extras firing big fake weapons. But perhaps the biggest movie-making magic is the big fake White House. The scene wasn’t filmed anywhere near Washington D.C. or on a Hollywood backlot for that matter. This White House was a movie set (little more than a single wall and landscaping) built on a vacant lot near the CenturyLink Center in Bossier City – yes, Bossier City, La. Over the past 10 years, ShreveportBossier quietly has become one of the largest centers for making movies and television projects. Welcome to Hollywood South, ya’ll.

HOLLYWOOD SOUTH

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Looking for ways to pump dollars into a struggling state economy, the Louisiana Legislature in 2002 passed one of the most generous film/television industry tax incentive packages in the nation. Studios that spend at least $300,000 in Louisiana receive a 30 percent tax credit and an additional 5 percent credit for labor costs when they hire Louisiana residents. On a big-budget film, that means savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars. That bold move grabbed Hollywood’s attention. With the lure of a mild climate, diverse locations and cheap (at least by traditional Hollywood standards) costs, the entertainment industry came running. Since 2006, Louisiana has hosted more than 300 film and television productions, according to the state’s office of Entertainment Industry Development. Only California and New York are turning out more film and TV projects. Last year, about 30 films were shot, at least partially, in Louisiana as well as the high-profile TV series “American Horror Story: Coven” and “Duck Dynasty.” In all, the industry spent about $810 million (based on audited expenditures) in the state, records show.

Originally, most of the film industry work was centered in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, companies had to flee the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Some found a safe haven in Shreveport and never left.

FILM INDUSTRY Near downtown Shreveport sits the headquarters of Nu Image/Millennium Films – a $10 million, 70,000-squarefoot complex that includes sound stages, production offices, prop and wardrobe houses and special effects labs. The office of Diego Martinez, head of movie production, is covered with posters of movies by Nu Image/Millennium: “The Paperboy,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Nicole Kidman; “The Expendables,” starring Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis; “Playing for Keeps” starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel; and “Texas Chainsaw 3D.” Martinez was working in New Orleans before Katrina hit. Coming to Shreveport was the only viable option for film productions in progress that needed to stay in the state. “The city catered to the industry right away,” says Martinez. No studio has been more aggressive in filming in Shreveport than Millennium. The studio has shot nearly half a dozen films in the city including “Olympus Has Fallen,” “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,” “Blonde Ambition” and “Mad Money.” Martinez has nothing but good things to say about his adopted city. “It’s easy to work in a city where people are saying, ‘yes, absolutely be here.’” In material distributed by the Shreveport Film Office, Michael Flannigan, a former producer with Millennium, says: “The city bends over backwards to help filmmakers realize their dream. The infrastructure and growing crew base is top notch.” Other Louisiana towns also are willing to do what it takes for their big-screen close-up. Webster Parish, about 30 miles east of Shreveport/Bossier, bills itself as the “rural connection for the film industry in North Louisiana.” The scene in “Premonition” in which Sandra Bullock is almost in a car wreck was shot in downtown Minden. “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” includes scenes shot at Camp Minden and in the quaint town’s historic district. And the town in “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” is, you guessed it, Minden. And Minden doesn’t hesitate to promote its growing movie connections. To entice potential tourists, the town’s visitors bureau uses the catch | Cont. on page 42 May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

Cont. from page 41 | phrase: “The best way to discover why movies are filming in Minden is to come see it for yourself.”

THE RED CARPET

“We are a great location for just about everything. We have a modern downtown, we have rolling hills. We even have a swamp within the city limits.”

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If you film in the Shreveport area, sooner or later you’ll deal with Arlena Acree of the Shreveport/Bossier Film Office. Her counterpart across the Red River in Bossier City is Pam Glorioso. Film companies want to save money, save time and save hassle. That’s where Acree comes in. Shreveport/ Bossier doesn’t require a studio to take out a permit for filming or to have officials close public roadways. The twin cities also allow companies to film in city and parish facilities for free. She says northwest Louisiana as a movie location sells itself. “We are a great location for just about everything. We have a modern downtown, we have rolling hills. We even have a swamp within the city limits.” When a film company needs something – let’s say a shootout to happen on a downtown street in the middle of the day with snipers firing from roofs – Acree knows exactly who to call to make it happen. “All the departments (within the city) cooperate with each other,” she says. It’s not a coincidence that Acree’s office is only steps from the office of Mayor Cedric Glover. Since being elected in 2010, Glover has rolled out the red carpet to Hollywood. His city biography describes him as “the driving force behind Shreveport’s emergence as one of the best places in America to make movies. Under his leadership, Shreveport has morphed into a primary option for filmmakers whose energy, passion and love for Shreveport has thrust the city into a position to acquire the affectionate moniker of Hollywood South.” Mayor Glover has the power to suspend a city ordinance to accommodate the film industry. And he uses it. So what’s in it for Shreveport/ Bossier? Money – lots of money. “They (film industry representatives) spend money like crazy,” says Acree. “We want a piece of that pie.” All the good publicity the city receives as a movie-making hot spot doesn’t hurt either.

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Poker Sharks

Slot machines chirp as drowsy-eyed poker players at the World Series of Poker-Circuit tournament riffle chips and scan their cards. On this night in Choctaw Casino (Durant, Oklahoma) Tyler Morris is battling it out at the final table. After the final hand is played, the Tyler, Texas, native emerges victorious and takes home $369,503 in prize money and the champion’s gold ring. It’s an impressive feat considering

the tournament began with a field of 1,428 players. The win qualifies Morris to compete in the WSOP National Championship tournament and a chance for an even bigger payoff. And Morris isn’t the only poker shark from Tyler who is scoring big. Chris Bowen has won the title of Choctaw Casino Champion. Morris and Bowen are both successful but each takes a much different approach to playing poker. | Cont. on page 46 May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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Tyler Morris Age: 28

Chris Bowen Age: 54

Profession: partner and CFO of an electronic systems company High School: Robert E. Lee High School College: Baylor University

Profession: professional poker player High School: Robert E. Lee High School College: University of Texas at Tyler, degree in industrial technology Growing up in Tyler, Morris was very competitive in sports. That competitive spirit translated to poker. While a student at The University of Texas at Tyler, he began playing poker regularly and improving his skills. “There is a very large poker scene in Tyler,” he says. “Every time I go to Shreveport or Oklahoma (to play poker), I see Tyler players.” Winning the championship at Choctaw Casino was the culmination of a lot of hard work. “The thing that sticks out in my mind in Oklahoma was just finally realizing I had reached what I had dreamed of half my life – winning a large tournament and winning it for my family and all the friends that have supported me through the years,” he says. “My friends and family have been very congratulating and most can’t comprehend that you can make this kind of money playing a game of cards.” But the life of a professional card player can be rough. Major financial swings are normal and one must deal with losing streaks. Morris says he has avoided making major purchases other than a new home. His goal is to invest money wisely and build a bankroll in order to continue playing in large tournaments. He says he will avoid “living large,” a pitfall that plagues some poker young guns. “(In) the last several years I’ve made good money playing poker. I will try my hardest to invest it in the right ways for me and my family.” Poker at a high-stakes level involves an exceptional amount of skill, including reading opponents, calculating odds and trying not to make missteps. “When you get down to these further stages in the tournament, every decision becomes so much more crucial,” he says. “As time rolls on in a tournament, the stakes get higher and you need to make timely decisions and very few, if any, mistakes.” Away from the tables, Morris enjoys working out, tending to his saltwater fish tank and attending sporting events.

About 10 years ago, Bowen had a friend who took part in a WSOPCircuit event. Competing in big poker tournaments now has become a great “guys’ trip.” “He had fun (competing), so since then five or six of us load up and take an annual trip to a circuit event. We stay four or five days, usually, and get a pretty good poker fix.” The last two years, Bowen and his friends have also played in a tournament at Choctaw Casino where Bowen’s winnings include $122,567 and champion’s ring for a first-place finish and $8,657 for a fifth-place finish. “My wife and daughter were pretty fired up (and) my buddies probably couldn’t believe what a luck-box I was,” he says of the win. Competing in the tournament, says Bowen, was a mental challenge that required stamina. “There are lots of ups and downs in the course of a tournament that long. I think it was about 30 hours over three days. There are periods (during any tournament) when you are card dead and you just have to be patient and hang on. “I just tried to play the cards as they came and not press too much when they weren’t. Luckily the cards seemed to show up at the right times for me.” The owner of an electronic systems company, Bowen says competing in poker tournaments is only a hobby. He considers himself “a pretty decent player who got lucky.” Bowen likes being able to compete with professional players. “The thing I like best about these poker tournaments is (that) it’s a sport where amateurs can compete with the pros and even though it’s not an even playing field, you still have an opportunity to have success. I can’t think of another sport where that could happen.” When he’s not working, on the golf course or playing poker, Bowen enjoys spending time with his family and being outdoors, especially on a beach. Sean Chaffin’s new book, “Raising the Stakes: True Tales of Gambling, Wagering and Poker Faces,” is available as an eBook and in paperback at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and PokerTraditions. com.

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Winner Chris Bowen

Winner Tyler Morris

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The most amazing things have been happening in Kilgore each summer. Starcrossed lovers have sacrificed all, cackling witches have hexed a warrior king and deceit and misunderstanding have resulted in one nasty demise after another, thanks to well placed daggers to the gut. So much for those lazy, carefree days of summer. Since the Texas Shakespeare Fes-

tival arrived in 1986, summers in Kilgore have never been the same.

TSF IS CREATED The man to thank for bringing The Bardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high drama, heartbreaking tragedy and comedyÂ is Raymond Caldwell, the festival's longtime artistic director.

SPEARE In 1984, Caldwell was asked to produce a play about the East Texas Oilfield as Kilgore’s contribution to the statewide 150-year celebration of Texas statehood. Ever ambitious, Caldwell, who at the time was a theater professor at Kilgore College, wanted to do more (as it turned out, much more). He had the audacity to believe he could convince theater professionals to

stage not only a local play but some of the world’s theatrical masterpieces. He envisioned the scenario that Kilgore – a small town known for its high-kicking drill team and yesteryear derricks – could become home to one of the nation’s best regional Shakespeare festivals. Some thought that he was overly ambitious or, to put it more bluntly, had | Cont. on page 51

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Cont. from page 49 | lost his mind. Undeterred, Caldwell announced plans for the Texas Shakespeare Festival. Aspiring actors and designers serious about their craft jumped at the chance to do Shakespeare. They took up residency in dorms at Kilgore College. In June 1986, the inaugural season featured Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” along with “The Daisy Bradford 3,” a play on the East Texas Oilfield written by Caldwell’s friend Gifford Wingate. From the beginning, the festival was a hit and played to soldout audiences. Over the years, the season has expanded to include dramas and comedies by other playwrights, musicals and children’s shows. The Austin American Statesman has called the Texas Shakespeare Festival “indisputably the best Shakespeare festival in Texas.”

NEW CHALLENGES

Meaghan Sullivan, Matthew Simpson and Jason Richards are very aware of the festival’s successful past. Richards began as an apprentice in 1989 and has gone on to act, direct and write several of the children’s shows that have been staged as part of the festival. Sullivan and Richards are TSF acting veterans. The three, along with Caldwell and longtime Managing Director John Dodd (the festival’s fulltime staff) are determined to turn TSF into a driving force of East Texas culture. “We are looking at how to be a part of the community year round,” says Richards, whose TSF credits include Biondello in “Taming of the Shrew” and directing 2010’s “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.” “We would come in during the summer and then disappear the rest of the year.” It is up to Sullivan (“Taming of the Shrew,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Tartuffe”) and Simpson (the title role in “Hamlet”) to make sure the disappearing act doesn’t happen again. Since moving to Kilgore, they have starred in a TSF produced dramatic reading of The Gospel of Luke in the

spring and a radio play version of “A Christmas Carol” during the Christmas season. This year, Sullivan and Simpson taught “Before the Curtain Rises,” a Kilgore College continuing education course that served as a behind-the-scenes guide to the summer season. TSF and Texas Region VII Service Center are also presenting “The Bard and Breakfast” a series of Shakespeare-themed educational workshops. “Having five on staff (now) instead of two – is extraordinary,” says Sullivan. “It’s a huge leap. We can be more of a presence in the community. … We can better facilitate teachers.” During a Regional VII program earlier this year, Simpson was quoted in the Kilgore newspaper telling the East Texas teachers in attendance: “We so badly want to be involved in what’s going on … in education and in your classrooms. So whatever we can do to make that possible, that’s great.”

THIS SEASON

This TSF season features the comedy “Noises Off,” the popular rags-to-riches musical “My Fair Lady,” a children’s production by Richards with the working title “The Last Prince” and

Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “Cymbeline.” In the TSF Guild’s newsletter, Caldwell describes “Cymbeline,” one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known works, as a romance with larger-thanlife characters that is structured like a “doubleplot movie thriller.” He says the action shifts “between several locations as it tells more than one story about the triumph of love and truth over selfishness, jealousy and falsehood.” To cast this season’s acting ensemble, TSF held live auditions in New York City, Chicago and Kilgore. Actors had to present two monologues (including one by Shakespeare) and display vocal talent. Actors typically are cast in roles in at least three of the five productions, including the musical. Rehearsals will begin May 17. Tickets to the Texas Shakespeare Festival will go on sale May 24. Performances will take place from June 26 to July 27 in a rotating repertory format in the 195-seat Van Cliburn Auditorium located within Kilgore College’s Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center. For more information, contact the TSF ticket office at 903-983-8601 or go to its website, www. TexasShakespeare.com. May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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others get used to the routine of taking more time caring for others than they do themselves. Fashion and style often is the last thing on a busy mother’s mind. This Mother’s Day Makeover was designed to help one super mom reclaim her style card! Michelle Yarbrough, 30, is the mother of two and a manager at a loan office in Jacksonville. I work with Michelle’s husband and met her this past November. She gave me countless compliments on my outfit and mentioned that we should go shopping one day. When it came time to choose the mom for the Mother’s Day Makeover, it wasn’t a hard choice. Michelle wanted to change her look but just didn’t know how to go about it. Michelle is more into comfort than style. For the makeover, I didn’t want to do a drastic change, but help her combine both comfort and style into her routine. It started with a hair color change and cut by stylist Bojack. “We went for a chocolate ombre’ ... which is a great introduction into spring,” says Bojack. “The experience I want her to take away is that it’s OK to reinvent ourselves, and that is what hair color does.” Makeup artist Michelle Baldwin gave our mom a look that she can obtain every day. Neutral eye shadow of a sparkle bronze, nude lip gloss and false lashes were key elements to this fabulous look! Filling in the eyebrow is one of the biggest makeup trends! Michelle filled in our mom’s eyebrows with a rich, brown color, which brought out her gorgeous new hair color! To change the look from day to night, all our mom will need to do is add lipstick and, to dramatize those lashes, extra mascara! I supplied Michelle with two complementary looks – an outfit that she can wear to work and with a quick change of pants and shoes is then perfect for date night.

What says spring and summer more than the color white? Wearing this white blazer and pants to the office is definitely a dare and an eye catcher! I chose a blouse with bold colors. It really stands out against the white blazer. To add a twist when wearing the blazer as part of the day look, just scrunch up the sleeves. Instead of pairing the outfit with a typical black shoe, I went for a nude! A nude color shoe looks great with just about everything. The accessories are classic and simple – one long, simple necklace (to not take too much attention from the blouse), a rose gold watch and a pair of pearl studs. To transition to more casual date night, we traded in the pants and shoes for jeans and a stylish opentoed shoe. No “mom jeans” allowed. Michelle looks great in a distressed skinny jean. The dark denim and white blazer combo are classy while the distressed detail and rolling up the bottom of the jeans make the outfit playful and fun. Our mom says that because of the makeover she takes time to look her best. “Now I take more time to get ready in the morning! I put more effort when I shop for clothes and I took pointers from the makeup artist and I apply them to my daily routine. I’ve learned to take more time out for myself. I want to give a big thank you to everyone! It was a fun experience.”

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Along with my wonderful fiancé, I’m IN LOVE with all the new fashions. I couldn’t be happier about the feminine lines and details. The spring’s pops of tangerine and pastel colors and the abundance of soft cottons are just perfect for weekend getaways, staycations and looking chic while lounging by the pool. For gentlemen, softer fabrics have found their way back into the wardrobe. The ever-popular and classic look of cargo shorts, woven flip-flops and breathable tees are being kept fresh with unexpected bright colors. An easy rule of thumb for guys and gals: keep it comfortable. If you do, I guarantee that you’ll be in style.

CURLING I have a love-hate relationship with eyelash curlers. I rarely can find a lash curler that works on me. A lash curler is one of the main tools to make eyes look brighter and bigger, which gives you a sexy look.

In researching products for this column, I purchased and returned more than nine eyelash curlers that just didn’t do the trick. Then, I remembered hearing about a company called Shu Uemura. Many of my friends swear by this brand. Although its lash curler costs a little more than I usually pay, my lashes were looking less than lustrous so I decided to give it a try. At first, it looked more complicated than most curlers but I got the hang of using it real fast. I curled my lashes once before applying mascara and again after doing so. Yes, I know we’re not supposed to curl lashes after applying mascara because it can make lashes brittle. However, I use GrandeLash, which actually grows your natural lashes, so I’m not too worried about it. If you need a lash curler or never have tried one, I encourage you to purchase this one. You will be amazed!

BUZZWORDS Since in the fast-paced world of fashion and beauty so much is being thrown at us, I’m doing something a little different this issue. Instead of telling you about the products and trends I’m excited about, I’m simply going to shed light on “buzzwords” you’re currently hearing (regardless of whether I think it is a GO FOR IT). Here is my list of the Top 5 things that are generating buzz. 1. BB cream: a makeup cream that typically has multiple uses, such as serving as a brightener, primer, concealer and a sunscreen. It can be used alone or under your makeup. 2. “Guy brows”: masculine brows that are well groomed but not too carefully shaped. 3. Cheek/lip stain: exactly what it sounds like – a cream or gel in a berry shade that is used to stain the lips and cheeks for a fresh glow. Because of its staining power, it lasts longer than the average lipstick or blush. 4. Babyliss hair straighteners: Babyliss has an amazing line of straighteners. The company boasts that its straighteners are hotter (in temperature) and that they protect your strands better than other brands. Don’t forget to also use protecting sprays when straightening hair. 5. Beachy, wavy hair the DIY way: Who would have thought that combining sea salt and warm water and spraying it on your hair would make your locks look as though they’ve been kissed by ocean waves? This is trending now. Now GO and try something NEW.

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orth the wait? You bet your cowboy boots! Deborah and Carlton Edwards searched for more than a year for the right piece of land on which to build their home. The couple had certain criteria: not many trees (they raise horses), around 10 acres and close to grandchildren. They found the perfect spot near Bullard away from the hustle and bustle of city life, confident that it was just the right place to call home. Carlton is a custom homebuilder, husband, father, grandfather, musician and horseman. He enjoyed a long career in financial services before discovering a passion for designing and building homes. The couple waited until their three daughters were grown before starting their home-building business. After conducting research, Carlton discovered that the economy looked stable in East Texas, so they moved here in 2006. Deborah and Carlton, who’ve been married for 33 years, work closely with each other and their customers to make the homes they build reflect the personality of the homeowner. “But this home reflects us,” says Deborah. After considering other floor plans and designs, Deborah, could tell this specific plan perfectly suited them. Carlton describes it as “Hill Country meets horse ranch.”

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The interior feels larger than 3,000 square feet due to the open layout and the 11-foot ceilings. Other unifying elements in the home are the earth-toned colors, stained trimmed and rustic texture on the walls. The raised ceiling in the entry way is accented with stained wood moldings and inlaid brick. In the dining room, the stained wood ceiling is more refined. In the outdoor living area, a more rustic, hand-hewn cedarboard finish reflects the rustic landscape. Beyond the entry way, the eye is drawn to the back of the house. Window treatments are | Cont. on page 73

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Cont. from page 69 | minimal here. Spectacular countryside views are the star from dawn to dusk. Carlton was careful to add large windows to bring in light and give rooms a larger feel.

Minimalist Deborah describes herself as a minimalist. She does not collect knick-knacks. “We love people,” she says with a smile. For her, a home is all about making family and guests feel comfortable and welcomed. She and Carlton found the right table for the dining room after a long search. The square gathering table seats eight and is conducive to long conversations over home-cooked meals. It’s apparent that Deborah enjoys cooking and having her family over for meals. The kitchen appliances are top notch and perfectly suited for a ranch. The knotty alder cabinets are stained in bronze walnut and the granite is Lapidus. The color on the walls (Sherwin Williams Dromedary Camel) is a wheat shade that varies with the light during the day. “We’ve used this same color in other homes. To us it looks rustic, but to others it looks Tuscan,” she says. A generous island with stools is also all about people gathering to eat and visit.

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The kitchen opens to the large, inviting living room. The Western art, stone fireplace and brown leather sofas serve as reminders of the horse ranch around the home. The 1900 Frazier saddle displayed here is a treasure Deborah and Carlton purchased in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The master bedroom is a retreat featuring a dramatic wall of rock. “The lighting in the tray ceiling above casts beautiful shadows on the wall in the evening,” says Carlton. He also is enthusiastic about the recessed shelves he added – an idea from homes in Arizona. The shelves add interest as well as display space and storage. The master bathroom is finished with granite tops, honed marble, travertine tile and Sherwin Williams’ Dapper Tan on the walls. The large bathtub offers a new air-jet option for the ultimate relaxation experience. One of Deborah’s favorite rooms is almost a secret room. The bunk house room is a finished out room above the garage and is the perfect spot for the six grandkids, or cowboys and cowgirls of all ages, to hide out. In fact hiding out is exactly what one might choose to do at this home: whether it is in the outdoor living area sipping coffee, cooking in the open kitchen or eating and talking with friends around the gathering table. This is proof that some things are worth waiting for. May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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In 1963, my Saturday morning routine was the same. Wearing my flannel pajamas and with a big bowl of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, I sat glued to our black and white television set with my face less than two feet from the screen. I (along with many millions of other young impressionable minds) never missed my favorite program, “The Magic Land of Allakazam.” Magician Mark Wilson, his lovely assistant, Nani Darnell (who also was his wife), and their good friend, Bev Bergeron, created a world of magic that had nothing to do with special-effects television. “The Magic Land of Allakazam” debuted in the early ’60s on CBS TV and later moved to ABC. It was one of the first shows videotaped and internationally syndicated. It was a top rated Saturday morning show. Like me, Mark was the son of a salesman. He once said that seeing a magician when he was just 8 years old piqued his interest in magic. Later, he worked as a sales clerk at Douglas Magicland in Dallas – the same place where I, after falling in love with magic at age 8, purchased virtually all of my magic supplies. On “The Magic Land of Allakazam,” I watched the master magician saw a lady in half, make people float and make things disappear and reappear. He changed blue scarves to red and turned eggs into doves. One of my favorite tricks involved three glasses partially filled with “water.” When he poured the water into the second glass, it became wine. When he poured the wine into the third glass, it turned back into water. I’ve learned the secret of the trick but I can’t reveal it to you. It’s the magician’s code.

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Cont. from page 79 | Notice in the photo the chair, table and lovely planter of ferns. All have undergone design magic transformation. The chair started as a very ugly “early American” chair I found in a Dumpster. I removed the seat and pulled off layers of fabric and a faded tie-on cushion. My inclination was to trash the cushion but I decided to recycle it for padding. Once I stripped the chair, I applied latex wall paint. I didn’t even sand the chair. I didn’t care if white paint chips or scratches revealed the dark stain underneath. I wanted an antiqued look. There is art in making something look distressed. I’m good at distressing things. My wife is always telling me how distressful I am. I added wooden appliqué to the front rail. I then applied a generous coat of acrylic sealer to protect and hold the finish. I also cut a disk of ¼-inch MDF to apply to the back frame. I found a round platter that was the right size, traced a circle on the MDF board and cut it out. You can use a hand saw or jig saw to cut it and should follow rules of safety. I used the tie-on cushion as padding and covered the padding with a $2 black-andwhite striped table cloth that I bought at a thrift store. The round tablecloth was made of canvas for durability and came with fabric covered buttons. The batting helped make the cushions smooth, even and comfortable. I turned the edges of the fabric to the back, pulled it tightly and stapled it. Use plenty of staples. I used screws to attach the seat and back to the chair frame. “Hocus pocus, allakazam and abracadabra!” The chair has been magically transformed from trash to the eclectic look of Louis XV. This type of French chair has a timeless look and appeal and can be very expensive to purchase. The other two projects are even easier. The table began as a plant (or perhaps wine bucket) stand. All I needed was a piece of marble for the top. I used a leftover piece of black and white Italian marble from a cheese platter and cutter. I placed it on top of the stand and “wallah! ippity bippity bop.” I’ve got a table top! The planter originally was a green magazine rack. It really did cost just $1.99 at the thrift store. I spray painted it with a flat black finish. I lined it with a coconut mat, filled it with potting soil and planted ferns. “Abracadabra.”It now looks great standing alone and also would be fabulous attached to a wall. Remember that water will flow through the mat. Flat black paint gives it the look of wrought iron. See how simple the projects are. See how the addition of a simple element or two and a little design magic totally can change an object. I believe in magic, design magic.

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often, the first thing that pops into my head when I enter a client’s home is “lights, camera, action!”FYI, that’s not a good thing. It means the lights are so bright that I feel like I should break out my song-and-dance routine (not pretty, I assure you). Effective lighting is the most cost-effective and easiest way to dramatically make a difference in your home. With the flick of a switch, the mood of a room can go from stage bright to warm and inviting. Dimmers How important are dimmers to me? Ask my husband, Jack, how many rooms should have dimmers. Without missing a beat, he’ll say every room. One of the first questions I asked when we started dating was whether he knew how to install dimmers. Romantic, right? Every room in our home has dimmers installed by Jack The Master Dimmer! Dimmers provide great ambience lighting and save energy. Dimmers use something called a TRIAC Switch. The switch reduces the flow of power to a light fixture. Dimming lights an average of 50 percent of time cuts electrical use by 40 percent and extends the life of bulbs by 20 percent. When I asked Jack to change the lights in our bathroom to dimmers, he gave me that patronizing “are you crazy” look. But why not? Bathrooms often are forgotten in interior design. That’s a shame because it’s a room your family uses and at some point, your guests see. Since bright light isn’t necessary to “do our business,” why not improve the mood of this room? After the umpteenth compliment on our half-bath and a comparison of old and new electric bills, Jack became a believer. See how much you potentially can save by using a dimming system at http://www.gelighting. com/LightingWeb/na/consumer/ One important thing to know is that all dimmers are warm when the lights are on. But if the dimmer is hot to the touch, stop using it and consult with an electrician. Accent Lighting I would be remiss not to mention the unlimited potential of accent lighting. Also called object lighting, accent lighting is the positioning of light to feature a specific element in a home. If you have a piece of art, plant or architectural element that you want noticed, accent lighting will make it become a focal point. When working on a new home build or remodel, I start with focal points and lighting for those areas. Everything else falls into place. Many fixtures deliver general accent lighting. An “eyeball” recessed light is the most common fixture to achieve this effect.

Position the fixture at a 30 percent degree angle from the vertical object to ensure the light strikes the wall and not the floor. These fixtures are available in threeinch, four-inch, and six-inch diameters. The bigger your accent area, the wider your accent light needs to be. The rules for proper distance between the fixture and the wall/accent area are a bit trickier. I’ve included common ceiling heights and proper distances. Ceiling height

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Options Another quick way to update your home with lighting is to replace fluorescent lights under kitchen cabinets with flexible and dimmable LED lighting strips. These are found at hardware store and are easy to install. This adds instant charm to your kitchen without a remodel price tag. And don’t forget lamp dimmers. Although these dimmers don’t save energy, they extend the life of bulbs. I have dimmers for my living room lamp and bedroom nightstand lamps.

Happy Dimming, Jackie Jackie Devine is an interior decorator and owner of Cotton Shed No 11 (unique home décor retail shop) in Canton. For more information, go to www.simplydevinedecor.com or www.cottonshedstore.com. May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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Jubilee was a healthy baby when she was born in 2007. Once she reached 5 months old, she stopped growing, even though she ate all the time. She would crawl crooked and wasn’t a happy baby like her older brother, Micah, had been. “People say every baby is different so I just thought Jubilee

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Jubilee Wheatman, 7, of Bullard Family: Parents Caprina and Ben Wheatman and brothers Micah, 10 and Eli, 5 Attends: Kindergarten at The Brook Hill School She loves: Pink, princesses, sparkles, playing dress up, posing for pictures and ballet Diagnosis: Neuro blastoma

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was serious,” says her mother, Caprina. “She never fully smiled or made happy faces.” When Jubilee turned 1 year old, she only weighed 13 pounds, her skin was turning orange and she eventually stopped eating. Her doctor did many tests but to no avail. “I don’t think we would have her today if her doctor hadn’t called a friend and got her into Children’s Hospital,” Caprina says. “Once we got to Dallas, they told us to be prepared to be there for three days of tests but that (stay) turned into a year and a half when they found a tumor pressing on her stomach. The tumor had gotten so large that her stomach was pressed flat and she couldn’t get any food in. This whole time she had been feeding the tumor and not her body.” In November 2008, Jubilee was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuro blastoma, a tumor that was wrapped around her stomach. She went through six rounds of chemotherapy and surgery to remove the tumor. “Every day was a fight to keep her alive,” says Caprina. “But after a couple rounds of chemo, the tumor was shrinking and we started to see her personality come out. She started smiling, and would stick out her tongue and be silly. We had never

seen that before. We learned that she wasn’t really the serious child; the tumor had suppressed her personality.” A week after Jubilee was admitted to the hospital, Caprina learned she was pregnant with their third child. “I was so mad at God but I came to realize he knew what he was doing,” Caprina says. After Jubilee’s second bone marrow transplant in November 2008 she got to meet her new little brother, Eli. “When we brought the baby in the room to meet her, she sat up in bed for the first time in weeks,” Caprina says. “From that day forward, Eli would lay in bed or on the couch with her and her blood count numbers continued to go up.” Jubilee was cleared to leave the hospital right before Christmas and was able to join her family at the Ronald McDonald House. She went through 12 rounds of radiation and then did five weeks of feeding therapy. Jubilee and her family got to go home to Bullard in May 2009. “She has steadily gotten better,” Caprina says. Jubilee and her family first attended the Li’l Wranglers Roundup in 2010. “The kids had a blast,” Caprina says. “They liked the games, riding in a horsedrawn wagon and they loved the Long Tall

When Collin was 8 years old, he was an active and energetic Little League baseball player. One night while he was eating dinner with his family, he asked for more water because his stomach was swollen. His parents, Jimmy and Kalisha, found his abdomen protruding. They took him to the doctor who did an ultrasound. Collin had an MRI the next week and was sent to Children’s Hospital in Dallas the next day. A tumor in his lower right abdomen was discovered. Collin was diagnosed with undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma. “We were devastated,” Jimmy says. “You hear about cancer in children and you don’t think it’s going to affect you. It really made us change our outlook on things – on what is important and what is not.” Collin underwent three surgeries, 35 rounds of radiation and six chemotherapy treatments. “The America Cancer Society in Tyler gave us a gas card to help with the travel to Dallas for treatment and they helped us find free or discounted hotels,” Jimmy says. In November 2013, Collin and his family celebrated the one-year anniversary of Collin being free of cancer. However, a few weeks later doctors found a spot on his lung. He underwent surgery in January to have the spot removed and is now cancer free. “Collin is still an upbeat, positive kid who loves to help others and make sure that everyone is treated equally, fairly and good,” Jimmy says. May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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ll most of us know about fencing is the over-the-top swashbuckling antics of sword fights we see in the movies. In the 1940 film “Mark of Zorro,” the masked Zorro and his foe, Capt. Esteban Pasquale, square off in a grandiose battle – fast and furiously clashing blades. In the popular “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, actors Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom engage in sword play that leaves audiences on the edge of their seats. Entertaining, yes. Thrilling, absolutely. Realistic, not in the least. Bryn Ralph, who has been practicing and teaching fencing for decades, says if combatants

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in a match swung their arms around wildly like in the movies, they’d meet defeat in a second. And if combatants would have tried to do that back when people settled disputes with a duel-to-thedeath sword fight, they quickly would have met their doom.

Long History In 16th century Europe, cut-and-thrust military swords were the weapon of choice for selfdefense and dueling. Later, European noblemen popularized the long and thin rapiers, which emphasized striking with the tip. By the 18th century, a shorter| Cont. on page 92

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Cont. from page 91 | and lighter rapier encouraged subtlety of defensive action and thrusting attacks. To improve the safety of sword play, a foil with a flexible blade was developed and rules adopted. Most gentlemen received instruction on proper foil fencing. Today, fencers score points by hitting the tip of the foil on the target area (primarily the trunk) of the opponent before being hit. An “attack” is made by extending the arm with the sword toward the target and then lunging in a quick thrust that forces the opponent to defend. Opponents rapidly move forward and back in exchanges of attacks and counterattacks.

Thrill Of The Fight Ralph says fencing is a sport of aggression, evasion and strategy. “It’s speed and agility. You have to be able to move correctly and know when to step aside, when to lunge and when to step into the target.” Ralph took up fencing while he was a student at Texas A&M University in the 1950s. Fencing was offered in the military sciences curriculum. He was attracted to the art and technical aspects of fencing and quickly mastered attacking and defense. He competed on Texas A&M’s fencing team and later became a certified instructor. He now teaches fencing as part of the continuing education program at Tyler Junior College. “My students all tell me, ‘This is something I’ve always wanted to try,’” says Ralph. Mark Crum, who works with Ralph at Estes, McClure & Associates, an engineering firm in Tyler, is one of Ralph’s students and competitors. Crum likes the mental challenge of trying to outthink his opponent – to figure out whether the best strategy is to be aggressive or wait and then pounce. “It’s like a human chess game,” says Crum of a spirited fencing bought. Adds Ralph, “You have to know the techniques and then ask, ‘What kind of tactics do I need to employ with this particular fencer. …. Is this guy going to do something I’ve never seen before.’”

Lifelong Sport The website mycaloriesburned.com praises fencing as a “competitive sport where you need to push yourself to your physical limit to expose the weaknesses of your opponent.” Fencing for one hour burns 350 to 550 calories, depending on one’s weight and intensity of competition, says the American College of Sports Medicine. During a fencing match, “first your adrenaline kicks in, second your heart rate goes up and No. 3, you’re going to perspire,” says Ralph. “But part of the appeal of fencing isn’t the calories burned, but the enjoyment of fencing itself,” notes mycaloriesburned.com. “And it is the competitive nature which will drive you to practice, get better and burn a lot of calories too.” Ralph, who is 76, says fencing is one of the few sports that people can take part in all their life. Ralph is as competitive and enthusiastic about fencing today as he was in college. “And that’s why I continue to fence.” Sources: fencing.net, USA Fencing, The British Academy of Fencing 92

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On a Budget By Crystal Breaux | Courtesy Photo

o you ever feel that trying to eat healthy food costs so much money that it’s not even financially feasible? Some may feel that the easiest solution is to give up the effort because it doesn’t seem to be worth the time and money. I certainly understand that feeling, but there is hope. Eating healthy is very important to me but so is being wise with my money and resources. You can eat healthy on a budget. It takes a little time and effort but the rewards are great.

Save on Groceries To save money and stay on my food budget, I go green in the grocery store. What does that mean? I pay for groceries with only cash – no charging, writing a check or using a debit card. Yikes! That might sound scary but there are benefits. It forces me to stay within my budget in the store and only buy items on my shopping list. When I don’t pay with cash, I’m more likely to throw a couple of extra items in my grocery buggy. Checking out, I realize I threw in more than “a couple” of items and that my groceries cost more than I expected or budgeted. Paying with cash helps me avoid impulse buying and to focus on spending my money on foods that are nutritious, natural and healthy.

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2. Look for sales and seasonal foods: Look through weekly sales papers to find the items on sale at the grocery store and then plan meals around those items. Choose fruits and vegetables that are in season. They are cheaper and provide a variety of color to your diet. 3. Avoid pre-cut fruits: Pre-cut fruits may be quicker and more efficient to prepare but I’m not sure the added convenience is worth the extra cost. Buy whole fruits and then take a little time after unloading the groceries to cut the fruits up to eat during the week. 4. Have a meatless meal: Serve at least one meal that does not include a meat. Instead, get your protein from beans, lentils and other plants. 5. Try store brands: Save money by buying store-brand products as your staple items. My family has discovered that storebrand items often taste better than more expensive name-brand items. 6. Make fresh food instead of buying a packaged version: Do you buy frozen waffles or pancakes? Why not make them yourself, double the recipe and freeze the remainder to eat later? Do you grab a protein bar on your way out of the house on busy mornings? I make protein bars that are more delicious, nutritious and cheaper than any at the store. For the protein bar recipe go to http://blog.yourfitnessdesigner.com/?p=1275 and like www.facebook.com/yourfitnessdesigner to get more recipes and wellness tips. 7. Plan an entire week of meals at one time: Now that you have a few ideas of what to buy and how to save, set your budget and plan a week’s worth of affordable and nutritious meals centered around fruits, vegetables and healthy proteins. Crystal helps women to learn how to eat, exercise and find time to build one’s faith, even with a busy life. To learn more about Crystal, go to www.yourfitnessdesigner.com.

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have entered what I dub the middle years of parenting. I no longer need to shadow my children to make sure they keep choke-ables out of their mouths, fork tines away from electrical outlets or plunge head first into an open body of water. They all are capable of putting together a quick snack, taking care of personal hygiene, making their beds and folding – even putting away – laundry. My job as a parent has shifted from superhero ready to save my children from a litany of near-death encounters to the more subtle role of “shaper into responsible young adult.” While I embrace this role, it is not without challenges. One of the most important qualities that I want to instill in my children is the concept of personal responsibility. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I have my work cut out for me. Allow me to elaborate. I thought there are five people living in my house, but apparently there are several more. There are certain, how shall I put this, creatures occupying space, wreaking havoc and falling very short of their expected duties.

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and didn’t write it on the list?”… It Wasn’t Me. It Wasn’t Me gets around. All my children are on very good terms with It Wasn’t Me and know what he’s up to most of the time. The Laundry Fairy: One of my favorites, the Laundry Fairy, magically knows when the children’s laundry baskets are full. She then washes, dries and folds the clothing, and puts clean clothing back where it belongs. On occasion, the Laundry Fairy fails to recognize that one of the children has a favorite shirt or pair of pants that is dirty but needs to be washed immediately. This failure on the part of the Laundry Fairy creates major drama. Shame on the Laundry Fairy. The Misplacer: “Mom, where is my (fill in here with virtually any possession)? I put it right here and now it’s gone.” Obviously, the Misplacer has struck again. Oh Misplacer, why do you taunt us so? Our lives would run much smoother if you would just stop moving our things from where we placed them. The Misplacer is related to The Knower of Where All Lost Things Reside, and when they are on good terms, they work together and suddenly the item reappears. The item

may be where my child looked “just a second ago” or “exactly where (I) left it.”

BEING RESPONSIBLE This article was submitted right up to the deadline, not a minute sooner. I could easily have allowed myself to believe that there were many reasons why I barely got the piece to my editor on time: kids’ school projects, vacation planning, writer’s block. The fact is that the only thing that kept me from writing was me. Life is full of obligations and distractions. However, barring tragedy, I cannot let those things keep me from fulfilling my responsibilities. As I feverishly was typing in the car on a road trip to Houston the weekend before my deadline, my daughter asked, “Can we watch a movie?” “Did you bring the headphones?” I asked. “Nooooo, I told you that I wanted to watch a movie in the car before we left the house.” “Well, sweetie,” I explained, “I was busy getting my own things together. You really need to be responsible for your own stuff.” And there you have it – a raw teaching moment that was pretty painless. Like a sculptor chiseling away at a block of marble, I have many delicate, and not so delicate, strikes to shape my children into the best people they can be.

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he first time I asked someone if they “juice,” I was met with the reply, “Isn’t juice a noun?” That was two years ago. With the rise in popularity of drinking greens, fruits and vegetables as a juice or smoothie, I’m certain that if I asked the same question today, the response would be different. Social media is buzzing about juicing. Instagram recently had 2,286,091 hashtags for the word “juice.” We want to let others know we are taking steps to improve the way we look and feel. The key with juicing is knowing what to buy and how to combine ingredients for the best flavors. The synergy of just the right amount of greens, naturally sweet fruits and herbs can become your newest healthy addiction. I developed the concept of Rabbit Martinis from a true passion to help others feel

better. I know from personal experience that when we feel better, we live better and juicing most definitely helps you feel better. I create cocktails that give a “nutritious buzz.” I’ve spent hours creating recipes that even the pickiest palate will crave while being surprised that the only ingredients used are natural and good for you. GETTING STARTED I love to shop at farmer’s markets for the freshest ingredients possible. At Green Acres Herb Farm in Bullard, owner Kenneth Rawlinson has an endless supply of fresh herbs to add to your juice recipes. I love adding fresh mint, basil, rosemary and cilantro to green drinks. Getting the entire family involved in the process will contribute to everyone enjoying the nutritional benefits of juice. I love it when the whole family chooses to participate. In my family, we all select two or three recipes, buy the produce and share every detail of washing, prepping and juicing. Think about what fruits and vegetables you enjoy in raw form. You can juice anything – apples, carrots, cucumbers, pears, watermelon, spinach and kale. A good starter juice is carrot, apple and ginger. The health benefits from this simple concoction are a bonus to its fresh taste. This is my go-to juice. I call it my daily bread. After a month of 16-ounces a day of this bright orange glass of yummy goodness, I noticed that my hair was getting thicker and growing at a rapid rate. I looked up the benefits of this combination and it claimed to be a homeopathic cure for hair loss. Do not fear green juices. Green drinks are incredibly delicious and nutritious. Once you learn the art of combining fresh greens with apples, pears, pineapples and fresh herbs, you will love the color green. Adding ginger, turmeric, lemon or lime will enhance the benefits, as well as the taste. Editor’s Note: Gina McLeod operated a juicing bar in Lubbock called Rabbit Martinis and serves as a juicing consultant. On the next page are some of the juice drinks she has developed. | Cont. on page 102

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The Drunk Bunny 2 apples 1 cucumber 2 cups spinach sliver of ginger handful mint protein powder of your choice 1 cup frozen mango Blend and enjoy. You also can pour the juice into popsicle molds or small plastic cups and freeze them. You can get creative and add fresh chunks of fruit or lemon zest to your healthy-indisguise frozen treats. The colorful pulp that is left over from juicing can be added to muffins, pancakes, cookies or, my personal favorite, turkey meatloaf.

Smitten 1 beet 2 crisp apples 1 rib celery 1 cup kale 1/8 cup cilantro sliver of ginger ½ lime Blend and enjoy.

I Love Juicy 2 crisp apples 3 carrots (remove tops) sliver of ginger a splash of lemon juice optional Blend and enjoy.

Greentini 1 cup spinach 1 cup kale 1 crisp green apple 1 cup pineapple 1/2 cucumber 1 celery rib sliver of ginger ¼ cup mint 1/8 cup basil ½ lemon Blend and enjoy.

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Ginger McLeod mixes fruits, vegetables and greens into drinks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as Smitten and The Dunk Bunny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and frozen pops that are tasty and healthy.

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8 p.m., Van Cliburn Auditorium, Kilgore

MAY 2 Kilgore College Dance Show

MAY 1-4 First Monday Trade Days Canton www.firstmondaycanton.com

MAY 2 First Friday Art Tour Tyler Museum of Art, 11 a.m. www.tylermuseum.org

MAY 1-4 “Diamond Bessie Murder Trial” Jefferson Playhouse, Jefferson

Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Athens

MAY 3 Cinco de Mayo Celebration

MAY 2 Wayne Brady

7:30 p.m. Cowan Center www.cowancenter.org

MAY 3 Opening of Rose City Farmer’s Market

7212 Old Jacksonville Hwy. Tuesdays, Saturdays through Nov. 22

MAY 2-4 Naval Battle of Port Jefferson Civil War Re-Enactment

4 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Tyler www.tyleryouthorchestra.org

MAY 6 Longview Business Expo

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Maude Cobb Center www.longviewbusinessexpo.com

MAY 6 Angelina College Jazz Combo & Big Band 7:30 p.m., Hudgins Hall, Lufkin www.angelina.edu

MAY 9 Bach Lunch Concert Series

12:20 p.m., First Baptist Church, Longview www.longviewsymphony.org

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MAY 19 Seniors Day

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Bergfeld Park www.komentyler.org

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MAY 9-11, 15-18 “Cheaper by the Dozen”

MAY 9-11, 17-18 “Dixie Swim Club”

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MAY 13 Tyler High Tech Expo

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Cascades

MAY 15-17 Tops in Texas Rodeo Jacksonville www.topsintexasrodeo.com

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MAY 23-25 Party in the Pines Longview Exhibit Building Motorcycle Rally

MAY 29-JUNE 1 First Monday Trade Days Canton www.firstmondaycanton.com

MAY 31 Athens Old Fiddlers Reunion 9 a.m. to Midnight, Courthouse Square

7:30 p.m. Lindale Rodeo Arena www.lindalechamber.org

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Texas Gospel Music Hall, Athens www.texas-gospelmusichall.com

JUNE 14 Southern Plainsmen

Tyler Museum of Art, 11 a.m. www.tylermuseum.org

MAY 15-17 Lindale Championship Rodeo

JUNE 12-15 Summer Boat Show

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7:30 p.m., Belcher Center, Longview www.longviewsymphony.org

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2 p.m., Mount Vernon Music Hall www.mountvernonmusic.org

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MAY 16-17 Piney Woods Wine Festival Mount Vernon www.mtvernonwine.com

MAY 17 Compassionate Friends Butterfly Release

1 p.m., Tyler First Baptist South Campus www.tylercf.org

MAY 17 Riverfest Chandler River Park Mud Run, Food, Music

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Texas’ major universities. Nearby, the Texas Ranger Museum showcases the history of these legendary lawmen. With a fantastic collection of Western art, scads of antique weaponry and a dramatic play area equipped with costumes, the museum captured the interest of my adventurous brood. On the campus of Baylor University, we took in both the Bear Habitat that houses Baylor’s live mascots, Joy and Lady, and the extensive Mayborn Museum Complex. The museum’s sixteen discovery rooms contain treasures such as the skull of a 3,000-pound humpback whale and a replica of an East Texas forest. My kids especially enjoyed the geography-themed traveling exhibit called Weebles Coast to Coast, which has an activity for each of the 50 states. The children also loved exploring the outdoor historic village consisting of nine wooden-framed, late 19th century buildings, including a planter’s house and a school. Most | Cont. on page 117 May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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Cont. from page 115 | anticipated was the Dr Pepper Museum. The 1906 building houses three floors of exhibits chronicling the history of Texas’ most famous soda. The museum showcases everything from vintage soda bottles and coolers to an exhibit detailing the architectural styles of the Dr Pepper headquarters. We concluded the visit at the old fashioned soda fountain where we drank Dr Pepper freshly prepared by a soda jerk.

OTHER ATTRACTIONS Come nightfall, we walked from the hotel to the glamorous downtown coffee shop, Dichotomy. While sipping creamy hot chocolate on the rooftop patio, we took in a majestic view of McLennan County’s Renaissance Revival courthouse (architect J. Riely Gordon supposedly based its design on St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome). The next day, our visit coincided with gorgeous weather so we were eager to spend time outdoors at Cameron Park Zoo. We were impressed by the naturallooking exhibits constructed of weathered wood and stones, waterfalls and foliage. We saw dozens of animals, including elephants, giraffes and a playful pregnant orangutan. For more outdoor discovery, we headed to the Waco Mammoth Site where a building encloses an archaeological dig. Paleontologists discovered remains of 22 Columbian mammoths here, including the only Pleistocene mammoth nursery herd discovery in the United States. Instead of removing all the mammoth remains to a museum, they left several exactly as they were found. Visitors can walk around the perimeter of the dig site with unobstructed views of the fossils. On our way out of Waco, we stopped at Homestead Heritage, a traditional crafts village. On a horse-drawn wagon ride (pulled by gorgeous chocolate Percherons June and Velvet) through the 500-acre community, we saw the antique buildings housing the shops of working craftsmen, including a blacksmith, fiber arts craftsman and a furniture maker. The village’s eatery, Cafe Homestead, commands an hour-long wait on weekends, but the delectable fare is well worth it. We savored queso – made with the village’s own pepperjack cheese – and burgers made from only grass-fed beef. We topped off our meal with scoops of housemade organic ice cream. At the village’s cheese shop, we sampled several varieties before picking horseradish pecan cheddar and raw Brie to bring home. We left astounded that such a bounty of family fun exists just beyond the interstate. We definitely plan to detour through Waco again soon.

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yells the master of ceremonies as the opposing knights lower their 12-foot lances and spur their steeds forward. Dirt flies, hoofs thunder and armor shines in the sunlight as the knights on horses at full gallop approach and prepare to strike a toppling blow. Over the roar of the crowd, the knights meet mid-field. With a resounding thud, the grey knight’s blow strikes true and sends his challenger flying. “Huzzah!” roars the crowd in approval. A squire scrambles to help his fallen master. The victor removes his helmet. Face dripping with sweat, he presents himself to the royal judges.

FOUR WINDS

The jousting tournament is the unmistakable highlight of the Four Winds Canterbury Faire located off Highway 110 between Whitehouse and Troup. It is open each weekend in March and April. Four Winds also holds Halloween attractions on weekends in October. “I decided I wanted to do a faire in 1987,” owner Dustin Stephens, who also competes as a knight, says. “We finally got off the ground in ’94.” Four Winds resembles an English Renaissance village and is inhabited by dozens of costumed characters who depict kings and queens, maidens and peasants. There are vendors who sell everything from flagons (pitchers) to armor, games such as Joustabout in which children try to hit a target from wooden horses and reenactors who engage in axe throwing and sword fighting. During a recent visit, children scurried through buildings that resemble castles, forts and taverns and were attracted by the challenge, “A dollar to hit the pirate!” Other patrons gathered to watch a magic show. Stephens is looking at opportunities to expand Four Winds. “We have more property than any other faire on the planet.” He hopes to one day turn Four Winds into a year-long attraction | Cont. on page 123

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Jousting is part of the excitement at Four Winds Canterbury Faire. Among the knights are Frederico Serna in red and black, Dustin Stephens, and Mave Scealgowen.

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THE KNIGHTS Twice a day, the knights of Four Winds take the field to demonstrate their skills and compete for glory. It’s not all play. “You feel the force of it (the lance striking you),” says Frederico Serna, who has been jousting at Four Winds since 1999. A long scar across his nose and face is a result of an injury he received by a blow intended for his helmet. Serna is a big man with long black hair and the type of face you’d expect to see under the helmet of a knight wearing black and red armor. Of all the knights, he is the most intimidating looking. Even his horse, Captain, who also is draped in black and red armor, is massive. Another knight is Mave Scealgowen. With long, curly red hair and wearing a green tunic, she resembles Merida, the feisty heroine in the animated movie “Brave.” Scealgowen rides a horse named Samson, who, like most horses used by the knights, is a rescue. “Most horses that are willing to work are also willing to learn,” says Scealgowen. On this day, Samson is a little skittish. The crowd gasps each time Samson turns away as the horse of Scealgowen’s opponent approaches. The crowd cheers when Sampson finally settles down and gallops forward flawlessly.

THE COMPETITIONS

The jousting competitions include trying to strike an opponent’s shield, tossing spears at targets, striking a stationary target called a quintain, putting the lance through small rings and using a weapon to skewer or slice an apple. All skills take place while the knights ride galloping horses. During the most dangerous and physical games, the knights target one another. They lose their shields and aim for a target plate high on the shoulder to knock off their opponent. In the Crest Duel, the knights replace the plumes on their helmets with their insignia and battle using clubs. The last knight with a crest intact wins. May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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Grey ropes of clouds snake toward the setting sun as my husband and I pull into Rancho Cortez, a dude ranch 60 miles northwest of San Antonio near Bandera. After Cheryl, the manager, shows us to our cabin, we take in a glorious sunset from the front porch. The next morning, we are ready to explore Rancho Cortez, which not only features traditional dude ranch activities, such as horseback riding and roping, but also fitness packages for those who want to drop a few pounds. Up at 5:30 a.m., I make my way to the coffee pot in the dining room. As the sky lightens, I sip fresh coffee and watch streaks of deep pink and dark blue fade into a brilliant sunrise. By the time others drift into the dining room, the fitness guests already have had their first workout of the day. After a hearty cowboy breakfast of ham, eggs and biscuits, I talk to Larry and Mary Cortez, who bought the ranch in 2002 and added many amenities. “We have lots of repeat guests,” Larry confides. “Some families come back year after year. … We even had one dad call from Disney World to ask if we had any room for them at the ranch. His kids wanted to leave Disney World and come to the ranch instead!”

Horseback riding, rides in a horse-pulled wagon and cowboys are part of the attraction at Rancho Cortez.

Larry and Mary make the ranch a place people want to come back to even if it means leaving “the happiest place on earth” to do it. FOCUS ON FITNESS Although I wasn’t a fitness camp guest, the instructors let me watch activities and observe classes in the spacious, well-equipped gym. When I ask Michael, one of the instructors, about his favorite part of the fitness program, he grins and says, “The weigh-ins. When they get here and I have that first consultation … and when they have that last weigh-in and can see their progress.” “I’m big on people,” Michael continues. “Focusing on them as they work through the program … seeing them make progress.” Whitney, another instructor, adds, “A lot of people come here and they don’t know how or what to change. … My favorite part is seeing the guests understand what they need to do … to see it click for someone.” Whitney also leads guests to healthier eating through nutrition classes. Cheryl says the staff educates guests to use a “basic commonsense approach” to eating. AROUND THE RANCH After spending more than an hour with the fitness bunch, I wander to the corral to see if the wranglers need help getting horses ready for the trail ride. Mark, the head wrangler, invites me on a tour of the barn and tack room, where he promptly places a brush in my hand and points to a horse tied to the fence. As he saddles horses for the trail ride, I contentedly brush my steed. I watch with amusement as Mark expertly handles a mare that isn’t happy about being saddled. He smiles and pats her neck. “She’ll straighten up, she just likes to fuss,” he says as he moves to the next horse. When the horses are ready to go, we all swing up into the saddles (some with a little assistance!) and head out on a ride that takes us through the picturesque rocky hills. After the ride, we try our hand at roping. Several guests pick up the skill quickly. I’m not one of them.

A clanging bell calls us to lunch. The best parts of meals at the ranch are the fresh salads, veggies and herbs harvested from a large garden steps from the kitchen. Wendy, the gardener, tends to an ever-changing variety of vegetables, herbs and spices that grow year-round. She takes great pride in using organic and self-sustaining methods to raise crops and eagerly shares her expertise. I learn so much while helping Wendy harvest three different varieties of lettuce and heirloom tomatoes that will be used for our supper. In the afternoon, I hike through brushy hillsides and hunt for fossils. Although I only find a few remnants of arrowhead making, I’m happy to explore new territory and enjoy the quiet of the hill country. When I arrive back at the corral, wranglers are hitching the wagon team for the daily ride to feed the Longhorns. The massive draft horses are ready to get moving. When the wagon lurches, the driver reins in their enthusiasm. The driver lets some of the younger guests take turns at the reins. As we pull into the meadow, the Longhorns and other cattle move toward us. They patiently wait for us to stop and the wranglers unload feed. The Longhorns pay little attention to us taking pictures with them as they munch away. SURPRISES After supper, Larry and the staff surprise a little girl celebrating her birthday. They present her a cake as we all sing “Happy Birthday.” She’s even given candles to blow out. You can tell by her parents’ faces that the small gesture of kindness by the staff means so much. That night, we all gather around a campfire to enjoy stories, a sing-along and marshmallows. One by one, everyone drifts back to their cabins for the night. I linger by the dying embers and lean back looking at the stars spread across the inky black of the Texas night. I realize this is what I’ve really come for – to enjoy peace and solitude. May/June 2014 | INMagTexas.com

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changed my life,” says Westbrook, a pharmaceutical salesman who played rugby in college and recreationally into his early 50s. “When I first played the game, I couldn’t believe what I had found. I just loved the challenge of the game. It was intriguing to me. I had never come across any game like that. I just fell in love with it.” Westbrook and Dr. Kenneth Helmer, a critical care surgeon in Tyler who competed on ruby teams in high school, college and as part of leagues, are among those trying to increase interest in rugby in East Texas. On Saturday afternoons, pick-up rugby

either moved away, got jobs, graduated from college or left the state. Helmer and Westbrook are taking steps to form a new rugby team based in East Texas. Westbrook is working to obtain a coaching certification.

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games take place at Pollard Park in Tyler. The games are put on by Tyler Recreational Rugby, a group headed by Sam Williamson. A few years ago, Bobby Stroupe, a speed coach at APEC, an athletic performance center in Tyler, helped organize the Tyler Bolts, a competitive rugby team based in Tyler. The team included some of the athletes who trained at APEC. “And they did actually quite well the first year (of competition),” says Helmer. “Then the second year, they beat all the teams in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas in a tournament.” The original team members eventually

Some historians believe that rugby and soccer came about at the same time and developed independently. Others believe William Webb Ellis started rugby when he was a student at Rugby School in England in 1823. During a game of soccer, Ellis is credited with running with the ball. Although this was not allowed, other players saw the appeal and it became a more common practice. In 1845, rugby got its first set of rules. Three rugby clubs came up with rules that they would follow. Not all clubs chose to follow these regulations and rugby remained rather informal until 1870. The first rugby match in the United States was played in 1874 and pitted Harvard against McGill University. The object is to score more points than your opponent in the 80 minutes allotted for the match. Games may end as a draw. A team consists of 15 players with forwards and backs. There are eight forwards (positions include hooker, prop, second row, flanker and No. 8) and seven backs (positions include scrum half, fly half, inside centre, outside centre, wingers and a full back). There is also a version of the game played with seven players on each side. A team moves the ball forward in phases of play. The ball never can be passed forward (only back or parallel across the field) but players can run forward with the ball or kick the ball forward and chase it down. A score, called a try, occurs when the ball carrier crosses the goal line and touches the ball to the ground. After a “try,” the team can attempt to kick the ball through the goal posts for more points. The opposing team stops the attacking team by tackling the player with the ball. The pitch (playing field) is 100 meters long and has two dead goal areas which can range from 10 to 20 meters. The pitch also is 70 meters wide. The goal posts are in an “H” shape much like in American football and are roughly 5 to 6 meters apart.

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“You have to be incredibly fit,” Westbrook says of playing the sport. “You get in incredible shape. When I played the game, I would run 40 to 60 miles a week in addition to the formal practice, the training sessions we had two nights a week.” He says it doesn’t matter what size you are because there is a place on the team for people of all sizes.

Another thing about the game that is attractive to Westbrook is the social aspect. “The people you play both with and against are friends for life. You work hard together, you form a team, you win and lose together and in a lot of cases, you travel together and are sleeping in the same beds. You can’t help but become really close mates.” Helmer says rugby is sometimes described as “elegant violence” but that when you play there is a mutual respect of opponents.

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There is potential for rugby in East Texas,” says Westbrook. “We have tremendous athletes that are coming from all around these small towns that have played football for all of their high school years. But when they get out (of high school), when they graduate, a lot of them don’t have a lot to do.” Westbrook believes that although rugby is more complex than it is looks, it is “not rocket science” and that former football players can quickly pick up the sport, especially when they have good teammates and good coaching. East Texas needs a foundation of interested players and a coach before a new competitive club team can be formed, says Westbrook. Another step would be to obtain a charter from the Texas Rugby Union. “We are just not there yet,” says Westbrook. On the college level, LeTourneau University in Longview and Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches have club teams. The challenge, says Westbrook, is to keep these players active in the game after they graduate from college. Anyone interested in rugby can contact Westbrook at 903-245-1871 and lanewestbrook@gmail.com or Helmer at 903-2452124 and khelmermd@yahoo.com.

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The Lion

and the Lamb

Joseph Canal is pastor of Tyler Christian Fellowship in Tyler, an independent nondenominational congregation.

By Joseph Canal | Courtesy Photo

I’ve

always been struck by the contrast between the Jesus in the final week of his life and the Jesus who appears throughout the rest of the gospel.

Before his final days, he is like a lion. Performing miracles, healing the sick and raising the dead, he literally walks on water. There seems to be no limit to his power. And he always comes out on top. The demons always flee. The bad guys constantly try to trap him and trip him up and he always has just the right thing to say to confound them and frustrate them. For the first years of his ministry, the good guys always win; the bad guys are always sent packing. He’s exactly what I expect a hero to be. Then, as the end approaches, Jesus says to his disciples, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” (John 12:23) The stage is set. He’s paid his dues. It’s time for the final showdown, the big reveal. The Jesus we see in the few hours before his death is so different from the lion-like character that has been drawing crowds. He comes riding to town on an under-aged donkey. I don’t care who you are, you’re not going to look like a hero astride a shaggy, wobbly legged donkey. Once he gets to town, the bad guys get away with murder and Jesus has nothing disarming to say. He’s bound and beaten, mocked and spit upon by the same clowns he’s shown up in every confrontation for 3 1/2 years. Where’s the hero? Where are the words of wisdom? It’s frustrating to read the story. Why doesn’t he show himself for what he really is? He seems the opposite of a hero. He seems like a victim. Is he really a lion or is he just a lamb? The reason this part of Jesus’ life is so frustrating is the same reason that it was so confusing and sad for his closest disciples,

his friends. They thought (and we usually think) that a person’s finest hour is when they rise in all their strength and ability, put their greatness on display and triumph over the enemy for all to see. But when Jesus said that the hour had come for him to be glorified, he meant that he was going to demonstrate what glory really is. And it turns out glory is not what we think it is at all. If we are honest, we have to admit that the biblical account of the original sin that Adam and Eve committed – not just the sin of eating forbidden fruit, but their prideful arrogance to want to be “as gods...” to do what they wanted when they wanted – is very believable. Adam denied God’s will to do what he wanted to do. From that day on, mankind continued to do just that. We all want to be our own boss, to be as strong and fearsome as the lion in defending ourselves and making a life for ourselves. But then Jesus came along. In Jesus, the human race finally had a man that could resist the temptation to have it his way and instead say, “Not my will but thine be done.” And that is precisely what it means to be worthy of glory: to know God’s will and deny oneself and do it. When his hour had come, he showed us what kind of a hero he really was. He said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (John 12:24, 25) He delivered himself to his tormentors on the lowliest beast of burden. He was bound, beaten, insulted, and he said nothing because everything that needed to be said had already been said between him and the Father. To be a lamb like this requires the power and courage of a lion. This truly was his finest hour on the earth and they never stop talking about it in heaven because it was and is one of the most amazing feats ever accomplished by a man. And in the songs they sing to him, about him, the name He is known by is the one he proved he deserved in his finest hour: The Lamb of God.