Spring is definitely springing! I hope everyone has been able to take advantage of the beautiful weather this Spring.  Have you noticed all the beautiful Texas Blue Bonnets and Indian Paintbrushes as you’ve been driving around? This is a great annual event and this year it seems to be better than ever. The wet winter […]

Guide Charlie Paradoski had positioned his boat along the edge of a shell reef so we could quietly make a drift with the wind while working Assassins under Bomber Paradise Popper rattle floats on West Matagorda Bay. The water depth was about 6 feet and the occasional mullet could be seen on the surface. “This […]

As some of you may know who have followed this column over the years I am an avid follower of severe weather events, both because of my tornado phobia as well as my public service as a storm spotter. I became a storm spotter to combat my phobia, knowing about the scientific reasons that cause […]

You have a birthday this year. It may already have happened or it may yet to be, but we all have one this year. Of course when you are young the big birthday is either this year, as that birthday approaches, or next year as you think of becoming older and wiser and whatever else […]

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the guest columnist to enlighten readers on a subject, as he views it, and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication. Liberal Tolerance From my earliest memories of “Liberalism”, circa 7th grade and 1956, was their continuous Mantra of “tolerance”. At that time the […]