“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” -Norman Cousins. The loss of someone close to us or even someone we just knew in passing is nothing new to any of us. When we are younger it seems like a rare occurrence, like a […]

How many of you have had a childhood hero; someone you looked up to, and aspired to be like? I certainly did. I was quite a dreamer in my formative years. Aside from my dad, who was my first and most important hero, I tended to idolize TV personalities like Roy Rogers, the Lone Ranger, […]

As a full time, fishing guide at Bay Flats Lodge in Seadrift for five years now I have had opportunities that I had dreamed of for most of my life. The day I received my driver’s license I remember hooking up my dad’s boat and trailering to the ramp! Since that time, I have been […]

This tale all started a couple months ago when my best bud from childhood emailed me letting me know that him and his family were planning to fly on down from Minnesota to visit. Being that they have never been to my cabin on Matagorda Island (technically called Peninsula, but it’s surrounded by water…go figure) […]

This is the month for rites of Passage.  At least that is my take on the month of June.  Most of us recognize that June and Brides go together like peanut butter and jelly.  Marriage is one of the traditional rites. It has always seemed to me that graduation, traditionally High School ones, are a […]