A Beautiful Gathering at the Bryan TX Songwriter Festival
October 11, 2026
What a beautiful gathering it was at Bryan TX Songwriter Festival. A pleasure and an inspiration. At this time in
El Paisano Press · September 25, 2026
Through 2026, every new Owen Temple single has arrived with an original watercolor painted by Owen himself. Watch It Shine collects those paintings and the drawings around them — alongside the lyrics they carry and personal essays on where the songs and pictures came from. Songs and pictures from the same source.
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What a beautiful gathering it was at Bryan TX Songwriter Festival. A pleasure and an inspiration. At this time in
October 4, the day after the Arches half marathon. Three arches, morning to sundown. Delicate Arch, a little after six.
Dallas White Rock Half Marathon – December 4, 2011 Austin Marathon – February 19, 2012 Marathon 2 Marathon – Half
Hal Ketchum, Jamie Lin Wilson and I wrote it on a porch in D’Hanis, Texas, in 2013. Three months later Hal and his daughter Ruby sang it on the Grand Ole Opry.
The paintings here appear in Watch It Shine — Owen’s hardcover collection of drawings, watercolors, and the lyrics they belong to.
