Last evening I decided to play around with Gemini and a Family History book I wrote about my dad’s family. I wrote it originally back in the late 90’s when
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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
Continue readingGulf 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
Continue readingThe 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
Continue readingThe state of the union…
I am sitting here with my last cup of coffee. The kids have caught the bus. The grandbaby has been dropped of at daycare. Breakfast has been cooked and eaten.
Continue readingA supreme roadmap in how to sidestep the constitution…
One of the things I heard mentioned after the Supreme Court disallowed Trump’s tariff excuse was how Kavanaugh provided a “roadmap” of alternative legal pathways. I forget who I was
Continue readingVampire Hunters in Age of Trump
Yesterday after breakfast I was sitting and doing what one does of a morning with a podcast playing on the YouTube in the background… I was listening… But just barely
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