COVID – no matter how you feel about it, whether you think it’s real or not, whether you think it’s no more than a cold or once (or is) a major health threat to the entire world, can be a real pain in the backside. I’ve been blessed with having it twice, once during what […]

Like each of you, I have had many new beginnings in my life: Times of entering into unknown territory when I lacked knowledge, experience, and sense. Leaving college, a mixture of bravado, excitement and sorrow filled my mind as I cannonballed into life seventeen hundred miles away from anyone who knew or cared about me. […]

Cooler Weather and Christmas Spirit Greetings from Matagorda Peninsula Island, everyone! I hope that all of you are doing well, and have your Christmas shopping lists dwindled down to a manageable number. About a week away before Santa will be making his rounds to leave presents and goodies for all of the wonderful boys and […]

New Year’s Eve is, if anything, a time of self reflection on where we were the year prior. One New Year’s Eve you may be discovering how deep a new found love goes and next you may be mourning the loss of a love that has gone a stray. Being technically homeless for much of […]

She had spent most of her life alone. A hermit of sorts – or is that a hermette? Most would have said she had fallen through the cracks of compassion. Without a family or friends and not even a church she called home. It was Christmas Eve and she had scheduled a visit with me, […]