Saturday Shorts……..

“What politics has become, requires a level of tolerance for triviality and artifice and nonsense that I have found in short supply.” – Al Gore ++++++++++ The MSM has been

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Musing into the middle of the first week of autumn

The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau’s Journal: 03-Oct-1859 Thoreau’s Journal: 03-Oct-1859 It is somewhat cooler and more autumnal. A great many leaves have fallen and the trees begin to

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A rockhounds lament…Texas coastal tears.

As a youngster growing up on the Gulf coast I naturally became a bit of a rockhound. Makes sense doesn’t it? What with no natural rock formations being available within

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Leon Hale’s take on the heat of summer…

Leon Hale is a Houston institution. His column has been running in Houston Newspapers for as long as I’ve been around (or at least as long as I’ve been aware

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Saturday – One week back and I need the rest…

Thanks to Rebecca Blood for the link… I agree with her assessment. It is great advice on living well. Reflections On Italy TODAY WHILE TROLLING the hard drive on my

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