Everyone has days where they are having a bad time. Some of us even have been prey to bad weeks, months and dare I say it, years. The struggles we all face can be relativity minor or indeed quite severe, but that does not stop the little rays of sunshine that at times can at […]

It isn’t the coffee although it’s really good coffee made fresh all morning. It isn’t the food even though you can’t beat the breakfast and the special order options that come with it. Even so, sometime between 6 and 8 am an amazing group of guys meets at the MiniMart in Port O Connor. Sometimes […]

  It’s Shade And Iced Tea Time Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoyed your July 4th long weekend. As usual, Barnacle and I stayed put on the island, having no desire at all to tackle the crowds and misfits around the dock and mainland. I enjoyed watching […]

A fascinating thing about history is how one thing leads to another. History is a flow that the beginning does not necessarily know where the end will be. And such is what happened in San Antonio Jan. 9, 1840. This was the start of what is known as “The Council Fight” which was a series […]

Every once in awhile I write up a basketball article, usually surrounding the San Antonio Spurs, which in June became NBA champions for the fifth time in franchise history. Right now, I await the decision of a man named Carmelo and whether or not he will join my beloved Chicago Bulls, so basketball is just […]