So I spend a lot of time writing about things that happen to me and how I perceive them and at times that is to be expected, as most of us ‘scribblers’ base their writing on personal experience. Writing also lets you examine other people the way a painter might examine the subject matter of […]

Island History and Summer Holidays Greetings from the barrier Matagorda Peninsula Island. I hope that everyone is doing well, and adjusting to this south Texas pre-summer heat. I swear, the older I get, the hotter and more unbearable these summers seem to get. While I’m thinking about it, I’m often asked about why I refer […]

“The Pursuit of Happiness” is one of our God Given Rights and is included in the Preamble of the Constitution of our United States. This subject has been a favorite one of preachers, philosophers, politicians, and poet since long before our Nation was established. Scientist have avoided the subject because it deals with human emotions […]

Imagine you’re hearing a horrendous discord of sounds, a sonic sting so grating that you want to plug your ears. The sound is very deceptive, because to most people hearing said sounds they would say they are not that bad, in fact they may even dismiss them as a slight annoyance, a mosquito to be […]