In the morning I leave for Tallahassee.  My dad's brother, Unky B, is turning 70 and both of my second cousins (my dad's cousin'...

I'm posting this to have a clear record.  This post will go up Thursday morning, but I stayed up far, far too late on Tuesday night/ Wed...

Darrell K. Royal, icon of University of Texas football, has passed at 88 . I am sad to learn that former UT football coach, Darrell Roy...

The only other Robert Louis Stevenson I've ever read was Treasure Island back in elementary school.  I remember it being quite good, bu...

This is interesting. click to enlarge There's no point here except that I thought I'd share  some actual representations of i...

My pre-loaded post for election night as I avoid the internet and television.

Words of wisdom.

At the conclusion of the Parker novel The Handle , Parker and Alan Grofield have landed in Mexico City with Grofield licking his wounds and ...

If you are an American of voting age and registered, and you have not yet voted, I implore you - exercise your right to do so! But not ...

I don't know how I did this to myself this fall, but my schedule somehow got filled up right up til Christmas.  Not totally full, but it...