The beautiful thing about a rainbow is that it’s a visible, momentary glimpse into the extraordinary version of everyday ordinary light. Think: the light that we walk in every day—as we drive to work, drop kids off at school, wash dishes by the window—is composed of rainbows. We don’t see these colors—except in circumstances where the light is dispersed into a visible arc (such as after a storm)—but they surround us all the same.  ...

A Fall Favorite Recipe: Pumpkin Crumb Muffins with Maple Icing  While this past week was the Autumnal Equinox and the first official day of fall, Texas rarely gets that memo in September. Still, we can look forward to cooler temperatures just around the corner—and that means favorite fall recipes too! Pumpkin spice everything is always popular this time of year and, while it’s not my coffee preference, I love pumpkin bread and muffins. One particularly quick recipe I love to fix is Pumpkin Crumb Muffins.

Did you know that hearing the crack of a pistachio shell is considered good luck in some countries? What about this nut’s distant cousins—mangos and poison ivy? Then there’s the whole weird green color (thanks to chlorophyll), and we’ve heard talk of Turkey wanting to fuel a town entirely on pistachio shells. Needless to say, there’s a lot to about this strange nut and its strange history.

LUFKIN, TEXAS — More than 250 golfers took to the greens Monday to raise money for the Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation, which distributes grants to regional non-profits each January.

The unprecedented flooding following Hurricane Harvey has tapped into the strength of our communities and company like never before. We’ve seen favorite couches stiff and ruined on curbs, stores flickering out of power, lives being entirely rewritten—and yet, even as the thunder rolled and the rain fell, there’s been joy at the core of tragedy. At the time Harvey eyed the Texas coast, Lufkin’s own “Thundering 13” eyed the Little League National Championship. Together, these two storms came to embody the heart of Brookshire Brothers and our response to this disaster.

In this fast-paced world, it's very easy to get caught up in the mechanics of just existing. Days becomes reduced to an eat-sleep-work-repeat routine, which is why those moments when we rise above the whirlwind to take a breath and stretch out a hand to someone else—in love, over a meal, in friendship, whatever it may be—those are the times we discover something profound: life.  With the last minute summer vacations and hustle of school starting, August is often particularly busy.

Labor Day may be just around the corner, but you can keep it labor-free with one of these quick recipes that can be made in advance! Whether you are enjoying a day at the lake or hosting a backyard barbeque, your food will impress your loved ones—and you’ll get to enjoy the party yourself! ...

A Grocery Guide for College StudentsWhile college has long been associated with fun and glory, it’s also been proven time and time again as a critical development stage in young adults. The patterns that college students establish in terms of love, work, and play largely become the patterns they keep for the majority of their lives, as established by psychologists such as Dr. Meg Jay (author of the bestselling “The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them”).