Years ago, as a young teenager, I had the exciting privilege of camping out with my Sunday School class for a couple days on the Boguehoma River, in Mississippi. Our class set up camp on a rather picturesque sandbar where the river ran deep and slow. The dark water that flowed lazily by, made for […]

My neighbors Parker and Patty are always telling me how proud they are to be a part of Port O’Connor, Texas. They say it is a great community and so friendly. They were recently planning an Easter Egg hunt for the church kiddos and got to telling stories about Easter celebrations when their kids were […]

Winter Arrives At The Island Greetings from the island everyone. I hope all of you are doing well and surviving this nasty winter weather and terrible flu season. I have been very fortunate and caught only a bad cold last month, but I’ve had friends suffer the full effects of the flu, getting well only […]

As the years go by I realize I have probably talked about the common themes for each month or season a couple times over in the nearly six years of writing this column, especially when it comes to the holiday ‘season’ of October through February, which allows articles on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and […]

My neighbors Parker and Patty are always telling me how proud they are to be a part of Port O’Connor, Texas. They say it is a great community and so friendly. When oldest son Peter was in Kindergarten, he came home very excited about trading Valentines with his friends at school. Patty took him to […]