Rambling Boy

Bill Wittliff; the man who wrote three novels and innumerable screenplays, including Lonesome Dove, The Perfect Storm, and Barbarosa, to name only a few, died of a heart attack in Austin, on June 9, 2019 at the age of 79.

A few rambles Back, Lonn mentioned how in the early 1970, while director of the Winedale Historical Center at Round Top, Texas, he worked with the well known Houston Philanthropist Ima Hogg, who had donated the Winedale to the University of Texas.

In the 1970s, Lonn was the director of Winedale, a historic site in Central Texas that had been given to the University of Texas by the well-known Houston Philanthropist, Miss Ima Hogg.

Over the years, Memorial Day has evolved from a day to honor the war dead into a day to honor all who have served in the military.

Lonn may not have grown up in the theater, but he can certainly say he grew up with an awareness of it.

Lonn may not have grown up in the theater, but he can certainly say he grew up with an awareness of it. On this edition of The Reambling Boy, Lonn tells of his experiences with the theater; including how his parents … Continue reading → Hosted by for KRTS

During last week's episode, Lonn mentioned a story about James Boone and a head of cattle that turned into pigs.

Recently, an Austin Filmmaker by the name of Anne Rapp, who is currently producing a documentary about Horton Foote, visited the Taylor residence in Fort Davis.

In 2018, independent folklorist Jens Lund shared an article from Eater Magazine with Lonn titled The Myth of Authenticity Is Killing Tex-Mex, and it inspired him so much he had to talk about it.

Everyone loves a murder mystery, and even though this one is a century old, it has everything: forgeries; poison; a villainous butler; legal tangles; a hurricane; a chance encounter; and one of the wealthiest men in Texas history.