A Sunday Afternoon Musical Interlude

Once again I’m playing with the AI’s out on the web. This time I’ve taken a song I wrote in 2007 as a book review (it’s still on Amazon) and

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Saturday Morning Muse

I was poking around my YouTube account this morning, mostly just killing time, when I realized my “Watch Later” playlist had become a digital graveyard. I hadn’t properly pruned that

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AI Muses in the Afternoon: Experimenting with the Future

The past few days have found me back in the digital weeds, deep-diving into the latest evolution of AI. It’s been a whirlwind of “Audio Overviews”—essentially custom podcasts generated on

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The Morning Scramble: Halos, Humidity, and a 200-Foot Dash

It’s 6:25 a.m., and the world is still wearing its nighttime colors. Out here on the porch, the air is that classic Gulf Coast mix—heavy, cool, and so thick with

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Gulf Coast Rites: Observations on Nature, NATO, and the Morning Bus

The transition of seasons here on the Texas Gulf Coast isn’t marked by a sudden burst of color or a crisp chill in the air. Instead, our rites of spring

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The Porch, The Breeze, and the Remnants that Remain

It’s a novelty, really. A Southeast Texas spring that feels like… actual spring. Today, the mercury is sitting right at a perfect 70°F, and the ceiling fans on the back

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