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, […]

Cooler Weather and Holiday Time Greetings from Matagorda Peninsula Island, on this cold and blustery Nov. 10 morning. I think that we can safely say that Fall is now in full swing, as far as the weather goes. The days of temps in the 90’s with super high humidity, have thankfully faded away, and more […]