July / August 2020 – Exclamation Points!

The Summer of Change – As we go to press with this summer issue, one thing remains consistent in Fort Bend: change. Our world – our community – continues to change as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the decades, scholars have often expounded the mantra that history repeats itself. While...

April 2020 – Exclamation Points!

We’re Back! Well, not at 100%, but we’re back as much as we can be right now given our worldwide situation. As with so many businesses, the COVID-19 crisis hit us hard. We did not publish May books, and we closed completely for a few weeks. But the one thing that I have learned after living in Fort Bend...

April 2020 – Exclamation Points!

Fort Bend Strong –  This is the second magazine that we have sent to press this month amidst the Coronavirus outbreak. When we went to press earlier this month, Fort Bend had the first case of “presumptive positive” Coronavirus (COVID-19). Today as we go to press, the number of Fort Bend cases...

March 2020 – Exclamation Points!

The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Spring has always meant one thing to me: change. We change our wardrobe from spring to winter to summer and back – often in Texas. Even Mark Twain said, “In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” And all this time I thought...

February 2020 – Exclamation Points!

Love in the Bend – February is known as the month of love, and in this issue, we focus on so many amazing things in our community, it makes me fall in love with Fort Bend all over again! One of our favs – Reading Between the Wines benefitting the Literacy Council of Fort Bend – happens this month,...

January 2020 – Exclamation Points!

New Beginnings  While I always embrace and look forward to a new year, it does give me pause that we are now into a new decade. As a young girl, I remember watching futuristic movies and reading novels about life in 2020. The year seemed so far away, and now, here we are with cars that drive themselves,...

December 2019 – Exclamation Points!

Fab 15 and Fa-La-La-La-La! – Fifteen! I can’t believe this month marks our 15th birthday covering the people, places and happenings in Fort Bend. So much has happened in our community in the past 15 years, and in this special celebration issue, we take a look at the new and extraordinary things that...

November 2019 – Exclamation Points!

Thankfulness – This month we celebrate the true American holiday: Thanksgiving. I’ve always found it rather profound that the most American holiday revolves around being thankful. As a nation, our very principals are based on freedom and opportunity, and being thankful for those gifts is a mindset...