Rambling Boy

On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn ponders the reason for the spread of Mexican cuisine throughout the United States - From Arkansas to Wyoming, and everywhere in-between Lonn explores this topic, was sparked by the work of Gustavo Arellano. Arellano is the editor of OC Weekly, author of the syndicated column "¡Ask a Mexican!", and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.

On this edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn gives makes a case for the importance of the National Endowment of the Arts, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and other federal funding agencies. Lonn does this through the writings of Steve Zeitlin, director of a New York organization called City Lore.

On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn shares some recent discoveries about far west Texas, recently made from checking in on the Junior Historian Files at the Marfa Public Library.

On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn recalls his experience talking with Kim Lehman, a professional storyteller. Kim’s childhood in rural America and teaching experiences in the Appalachian Mountains have inspired a life-long interest in folk traditions including storytelling and oral histories.

On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn talks about his recent ramble to San Francisco for his wife Dedie's birthday. Lonn recalls his last sustained visit to the Golden City by the Bay in 1947 when he was only seven years old and making his way to the Philippines with his mother. Times have changed since that last visit, as Lonn expresses through his recent views of The Bay Lights.

On his edition of The Rambling Boy, Lonn talks about how an author can sink into obscurity after a producing a critically acclaimed piece of work.

On a recent trip to San Antonio, Lonn Taylor dropped by the Japanese Garden in Brackenridge Park. Today on the Rambling boy, Lonn tells us the history of the garden -- how it changed hands from the Japanese Jingu family to the Chinese Wu family, and how its beloved status saved it from commercial development.

Fences line ranches across the State of Texas. You might not intuit it from a casual drive down the road, but there's actually a pretty complex -- and in some cases, murky -- legal history behind these ubiquitous fixtures of Texas highways. On today's episode of the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us about Five Strands: A Landowner's Guide to Fence Law in Texas -- a new 30-page booklet published by Texas AandM's Agrilife Extension Service.

In this week's Rambling Boy, Lonn Taylor takes us back to the meeting of the Texas Convention in 1836. At this meeting, held for 17 days in an unfinished building at Washington-on-the-Brazos, a rough bunch of 59 Texans drafted a constitution for the new republic, organized a government, and appointed a president. Most of the delegates were representative of the frontier Texas environment, and after the convention, they returned to their roles as patriarchs in their hometowns...

Today on the Rambling Boy, Lonn breaks down he history of President's Day, George Washington's infamous cherry tree story, and a big George Washington birthday bash that happens in Laredo, Texas.