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Native Son: September 21, 2023

By Steven Chamblee • September 19, 2023

Last month I left you at the beginning of a little jaunt through the Columbus, Ohio’s, magnificent Franklin Park Conservatory. I unashamedly love this place, and must admit that she …

Native Son: On the Road Again…

By Steven Chamblee • August 15, 2023

Left Longview, Texas, headed off for Columbus, Ohio, to attend the Cultivate ’23 show, but I wound up in St. Louis, Missouri instead. Stupid GPS! Maddening gadget! Nagging voice constantly …

Native Son: Hot For Chocolate

By Steven Chamblee • July 19, 2023

Dense fog slithers slowly through the steaming jungle, swallowing the sunlight and submerging the entire forest in a deep sweat of droplets. Birds and monkeys cry out from the boiling …

Native Son: June 15, 2023

By Steven Chamblee • June 15, 2023

This Morning at Longview ArboretumOur friend Steven Chamblee took his golf cart out on the trails of the Longview Arboretum first thing this morning. We get to tag along to …

Native Son: Dr. Steven and Mr. Hide

By Steven Chamblee • May 16, 2023

There’s that old saying –The shoemaker’s children always go barefoot.I get it. After a day worrying about keeping the Longview Arboretum up to snuff, I really don’t feel like doing …

Native Son: Longview Arboretum Garden Tour

By Steven Chamblee • April 20, 2023

I had the pleasure of hosting the Fannie Marchman Garden Club from Mineola today, and we had ourselves a good old-fashioned grand time of it. They are, one and all, …

Native Son: Yin, Yang, and a Touch of Meraki

By Steven Chamblee • March 16, 2023

Meraki is a Greek term used to describe the passion, heart, and soul that an artist (or anyone) puts into creating something. A ball of clay is only that until …

Native Son: The Stevie Photo Challenge

By Steven Chamblee • February 15, 2023

In my ridiculous quest to ensure originality in this little column, I borrowed an idea from one of those Facebook challenges. You know, that old “post the 13th photo on …

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