6 TEXAS MONTHLY
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Style & DesignSPACES
A photographer and a musician from
the big city move to Dripping Springs
and learn that green acres are the place
to be. by Lauren Smith Ford(^)
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The Culture
CHAT
The “new George Strait” just wants to
be the same old Cody Johnson.
by Andy Langer
48
VISUAL
Richard Linklater isn’t just a top-
notch screenwriter and director—he’s
also a first-rate talent scout.
by Dan Solomon
THE STATE
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Travel & Outdoors
PARKS AND RECS
Get away from it all at Sea Rim State
Park (unless “all” includes alligators).
by Courtney Bond
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Food & Drink
TRENDING
A Hill Country miller revives artisanal
agriculture, one ancient grain at a time.
by Paula Forbes
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PAT’S PICK
At Dallas’s Homewood, chef Matt
McCallister has forsaken sea urchin
pancakes for more-familiar pleasures.
by Patricia Sharpe
PLUS: LIBATIONS
50
News & Politics
APPRECIATION
For Dallas billionaire H. Ross Perot, a
self-described “latter-day P.T. Barnum
with no elephants,” everything was big-
ger. by R.G. Ratcliffe
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MEDICINE
UT Southwestern is soon to be at the
forefront of the fight to treat incredibly
rare diseases through gene therapy.
by Jason Heid
PLUS: MEANWHILE, IN TEXAS
62
Being Texan
IN MEMORIAM
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee
Jones remember their great friend
the late polymath Bill Wittliff.
by John Spong
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DINING GUIDE .................... 114
THE TEXANIST ................... 128
ON THE COVER: Illustration by Mike McQuade. Spine illustration by Marc Burckhardt.