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magazine editor, Texas Highways I commission and edit the Open Road essay series: https://texashighways.com/topic/open-road/
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Furiosa. Watercolor, gouache, blood, sweat, tears, oil.

Is the H Mart on Burnet ever going to open?

This is a very sweet story

The development boom in Central Texas is premised on the easy availability of water, even as the droughts lengthen, lakes shrink and aquifers are over-tapped. So what happens if the water runs out? I wrote about it in this (sadly evergreen) piece for Austin Monthly.

Maybe the best thing I had at Hot Luck. From Burnt Bean in Seguin.

"I must be out here, avoiding cages at all costs." @bobby-aleman.bsky.social for @texashighways.bsky.social texashighways.com/outdoors/a-b...

Uvalde. Three years later. texashighways.com/culture/the-... Kimberly Garza for @texashighways.bsky.social (2023)

It's been a true joy to help with TPWD's stellar new podcast BETTER OUTSIDE. My small but mighty crew handled the editing, sound design and engineering. Get it wherever you listen! pod.link/1812436563

On a bike, in the zone. A lovely meditation by the one & only @bobby-aleman.bsky.social for @texashighways.bsky.social. texashighways.com/outdoors/a-b...

The chicken cutlet & pickle sammie at All Day in Austin, Texas, y’all. It’s a monster. $16.99. Split with a friend or lover, or save the other half for a late-night snack or tmrw’s breakfast.

dope album

“Like a hologram glitch, I was moving in-and-out of a ‘vanishing state,’ lulled by the hum of my motor as it gently vibrated through the handlebars—It’s almost as if I wasn’t there.” Read my latest for Texas Highways magazine: texashighways.com/outdoors/a-b... #motosky #motorcycle #kawasaki

Hanif Abdurraqib www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...

"Pigeons’ average flight speed is 40-50 mph—the world’s fastest human, Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt, once clocked in at 27 mph." Matt Joyce for @texashighways.bsky.social: texashighways.com/outdoors/ins... 📷: Sean Fitzgerald

I wrote a story for Texas Highways magazine about motorcycles being a sacred place—a place to escape and clear the mind. I also wrote about one of Texas’s best motorcycling roads: Park Road 4 near Burnet, Texas. Read it here: texashighways.com/outdoors/a-b... #motosky photos by Theresa DiMenno

Every once in a while I need this video. I've watched it 4 times in a row tonight. vimeo.com/261974485

The Bliss Station By @bobby-aleman.bsky.social for @texashighways.bsky.social texashighways.com/outdoors/a-b...

Daniel Johnston forever

Tmrw night, Austin! This is for everyone: staff, contributors, aspiring freelancers, and readers. Let's make magic happen. @texashighways.bsky.social (though I can't talk the social team into managing this account lol).

Two announcements: Stoked to finally announce that after two years, i'll be transitioning to a new role on @chron.com 's culture team full time in the not-so-distant future*. I'll be our first-ever Texas Culture Reporter, covering Texas and all the things that make it weird and wild...

"You can’t buy such a book, can’t download it, can’t trace its often multiple authors. But if you run in the right circles, all you have to do is ask." —Jeremiah David for @parisreview.bsky.social

First post! 👋 If you're a freelance journalist in Texas, join the staff at @texashighways.bsky.social for our Spring Social Hour this Thursday (May 15) at St. Elmo Brewing in Austin. It's a chill way to meet editors, hear what we're looking for pitch-wise, and say hey. No RSVP—just swing by!

Meet the pigeon whisperers. @texashighways.bsky.social texashighways.com/outdoors/ins...

Help, my weather app is broken

“There’s no better feeling than being here after a race and seeing a bird drop out of the sky, and you think, ‘How did you do that?’” Matt Joyce with a remarkable story on competitive pigeon racing for @texashighways.bsky.social. #longreads READ UP: texashighways.com/outdoors/ins...

We hit a milestone with the May issue of @texashighways.bsky.social: our 75th Open Road essay documenting Texas through the lens of our state's finest writers, recognized for excellence by Longreads, "The Best American Essays," and the National Magazine Awards. texashighways.com/topic/open-r...

Gone in 7 seconds ... 🐦. A far-out new story by Matt Joyce for @texashighways.bsky.social. texashighways.com/outdoors/ins...