When I took Lilly to the Texas Tech Women's Golf Camp last year, she told me she wanted to return in 2026.  Unfortunately in the Fall of last year she...

In the Fall of 1976, Dorothy and I bought our first real home in Kingwood, and we lived there until Spring of 1978 when we moved back into Houston proper. ...

A few weeks back I was rescued from my winter blues when I stumbled upon an announcement that Sean Dietrich would be be returning to Texas for a performance in...

Why in the world would I waste time writing about politics? Excellent question. The answer is simple — American politics in the 21st Century have gotten so...

For quite some time now, I have been considering purchasing a drone.  I have seen posts on social media where rock imagery enthusiasts have used drones to access and photograph...

As I creep along my path to salvation, I often feel like my mental decline is in the fast lane while my physical fitness is stalled, sitting by the side...

My good friend Charles Pollard first told me about The Miracle Staircase at Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Charles had seen a documentary on television and enthusiastically told...

My great neice Lillyn Grace Burliegh (Lilly) is very special to me.  Perhaps some day I will tell you why, but that is not the focus of this blog.  Sometime...

Over the course of my lifetime, I have been blessed with many friends.  Many of my friendships were casual, and as I walk along the path of my later years,...

As I write this little post in December of 2024, I think it would be the understatement of the year to acknowledge there are some weird things going on in...