I first visited the town of Burnet in January of 1994, and didn’t move here until the Fourth of July weekend in 1996; but the welcome my family and I received here has helped make me one of this town’s most enthusiastic promoters, and I tell my friends that I "discovered my home town" when I arrived in Burnet.

Typically, central Texas has hordes of visitors during the month of April that come to see the fields of bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush. Granted, the mixture of the heavenly blue of the bluebonnets and the brilliant orange of the paintbrush leaves a mind picture that’s hard to forget!

Llano, a picturesque little town in the rolling hill country of Texas, is rich with history and charm. It’s a place where folks offer strangers a grin and a, "Howdy" and you’re likely to hear words like "ma’am" and "sir" that are rapidly becoming obsolete in other areas of our country.

In case you’re wondering what’s so special about this church camp with the funny name, I want to say right up front: Mo-Ranch is not your typical church camp. From the name, to the spectacular Guadalupe River setting, to the unique oil-field-pipe construction of the buildings, everything bears the "lifestyles of the rich and famous" stamp of Conoco Oil tycoon Daniel J. Moran (Mo-ran, Mo-Ranch; get it?).

To a casual traveler, the Hill Country town of Mason exemplifies the calm security of rural living. Families and small business occupy well-cared-for, comfortably-spaced older buildings on tree-lined, not-too-busy streets. Not even the historic rock jail building on the south side of the square would lead observers to guess that Mason was, 132 years ago, the center of one of the most violent "peacetime" episodes in Texas history.

It was fate. It was an accident. It was a plan gone awry. It is now the warm, comfortable Mt. Gainor Inn, in the beautiful Texas Hill Country between Dripping Springs and Wimberley.

Celebrate Easter by viewing the annual Easter Pageant performance in Junction on Saturday evening, April 15. Records indicate the first pageant was held in 1950, making this the 57th annual event.

Just mention the one-room schoolhouses of old, and most people react with nostalgia. Often, though, they consider that this concept has gone the way of the horse and buggy. Where the structures of one-room schools still exist, they often have become community club centers, historical monuments, barns, or abandoned buildings.