This Is My Thing

Theresa Bond Zelazny has been an artist all her life, but a few years ago she turned that lifelong passion into a new hobby: creating small artworks and distributing them randomly for strangers to find and (hopefully) enjoy. She calls it 'guerrilla art.'

On this episode of This Is My Thing, we'll talk with Justin Kizzart about his love of sumo and sharing the sport with others.

James Hughes discovered the world of gaming with miniatures as a child and has happily lived in that world ever since. It's kind of like three hobbies in one — it's a collection, it's a creative outlet, and it's (of course) a game.

When Corey Squires was bored as a kid, hid grandfather would hand him a block of wood and a knife. Then, years later, he rediscovered a love for whittling and wood carving.

Anna Kehl decided to attend QuiltCon a dozen or so years ago and soon found herself falling in love with the art of quilt making.

In this episode of This Is My Thing, we'll talk with artist Carol Aaron about her love for an art form that's millennia old but not that well known outside the art world.

In 1979, while he was in grad school, a young Bart Jacob was introduced to the ancient board game Go. He didn't know at the time that it would become a lifelong obsession.

Lesley Murray grew up as a competitive swimmer. Then, a couple of years ago, she took a Deep End Fitness class and discovered Underwater Torpedo League. Now she has a sport and a community that she loves.

Several years ago, while looking for ways to improve at golf, Steve Merritt created a game on his property in Wimberley, Texas. Before long, that game had a name -- Cowboy Golf. And not long after that, Cowboy Golf had an annual event played by Steve and three of his oldest friends.

We talk with Lyzz Donelson, who retired from her job as an Austin firefighter a couple of years ago and surprised herself by falling into the world of jewelry making.