Woody Woodpecker, the animated cartoon, sure was a character! Lively, loud, and kinda crazy! And he was modeled after a real and local woodpecker, the Pileated Woodpecker. While Pileated Woodpeckers may be loud, they aren’t as crazy or quite as animated as Woody was. They are, however, the largest of the woodpeckers in our area, […]

I recently moved into a different home, leaving the bayou front for a wooded city block. We will miss the water birds, but we’re already finding a whole new set of birds to enjoy! To me, exploring new places to see what bird species, and other flora and fauna, are around the next corner is […]

I’m not sure if it’s a complaint, and it certainly is not a boast, but in my forty plus years on this planet I’ve experienced pain beyond my years. Since my mid twenties I have had a variety of pain, mainly in the legs and back which was not able to be eliminated by conventional […]

There is a special Scripture in Ephesians 2:10, which says, We are God’s masterpiece… As I was thinking about this great thought, I remembered an event that happened in 1995. We had just come to Port O’Connor to begin Fisherman’s Chapel and had purchased a 35X35 Morgan building on Adams, between 2nd and 3rd Streets. […]

Brutal Heat, Dryness and Rattlesnakes Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and enjoyed a safe and fun Fourth of July holiday weekend. As expected, the island saw an above normal amount of weekend islanders enjoying the beach and celebrating our independence. Well, a few weeks ago I […]