I have spent a considerable amount of time pondering the the difference between happiness and joy.  Several years ago I was about to give up trying to figure out the...

A couple of weeks ago I was talking with my good friend Tom Reiser and he mentioned that his grandson Teddy was attending the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas. ...

What led me to consider becoming a Fungonian?  It was one part disgust, and one part desire.  I was disgusted at my weight, my looks, and my disastrous addiction to...

On the morning of Sunday, October 23, 2022, I spent several hours touring Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Phoenix, Arizona.  Several years ago I had read somewhere that the...

As Spring 2022 continued to creep into our lovely state, I continued my efforts to get Dorothy out of the house in the wake of her courageous battle with cancer...

Dorothy had been diagnosed with breast cancer on July 8, 2021 and had endured three surgeries in the following three months (August 11, September 13, and October 11, 2021).   On...

A friend of mine (Dan Mathis from NYC) posted this on his Facebook page today.  After reading it, I was moved, and I wanted to make sure I had it...

On Sunday, November 24, 2019, I headed into San Antonio to visit the Briscoe Western Art Museum.  It was a perfect day to enjoy this hidden gem.  The museum was...

The supreme blessing of my life was meeting, and marrying Dorothy Lucile Lancaster.  We met in the Fall of 1973-- I was a senior at the University of Houston, and...

Over the years, we have enjoyed certain poems -- they have become our favorites.  They inspire, they stimulate, they paint beautiful pictures in the mind.  Here are a few that...