Stephen Fox

Jan 11, 2024 | archpaper.com | Stephen Fox

Eugene Edwards Aubry died on December 9, 2023. He was 88. A musician, storyteller, and fluent sketcher, Aubry was also a prolific architect. During the first half of his career, he practiced in Houston; during the second half, in Sarasota, Florida; and Northeast Harbor, Maine. Aubry was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1935. As a teenager in the early 1950s, Aubry was a member of his high school blues band.

Jan 5, 2024 | magazine.texasarchitects.org | Stephen Fox

Participants in the 30th annual Building Communities Conference and Trade Show, organized by the American Institute of Architects Lower Rio Grande Valley Chapter, began their two-day meeting at South Padre Island with a pre-conference tour. The tour focused on landscapes and buildings along a 50-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 83 Business between the cities of Mission and Harlingen.

Oct 20, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Stephen Fox

By STEPHEN FOXDaily Press CorrespondentFelicia Cocotzin Ruiz is a curandera, a folk healer who draws on old Mexican and Indigenous traditions in order to use wild herbs, plants, food, and magic to treat illnesses. Four years ago, a publisher invited her to write a book about her methods, recipes, and stories. It was a bit like capturing lightning in a bottle: to corral centuries of fleeting oral traditions onto the permanent printed page. But Ruiz pulled it off.

Mar 30, 2023 | medium.com | Stephen Fox

By Stephen R. Fox 30 March 2023 Fair warning: Tonight's post is all reaction, no research. And the essence of it, yes, is about a former president on the verge of being indicted. But I'm not sure that this is the best option right now. It feels, however, like we're desperate for any sort of accountability, so we'll take this win, even if it's not the high point of honoring the democracy we all thought we learned about in school.

Mar 23, 2023 | medium.com | Stephen Fox

22 March 2023 There's no way around it tonight; I'm pissed. As we prepare to head to Florida to see family for Spring Break, I read that the governor there is planning to do even more to add to the stress and anxiety of some of the most marginalized people in his state. And it's part of a growing, troubling trend around the nation. People much more knowledgeable than I have been tracking the restrictions on people's...