They say separation makes the heart grow fonder so let me start by confirming that theory as fact as it is great to be back writing this column after a couple months off. During that small hiatus, I moved back South from Illinois, just not as west as when I was in Port Lavaca and […]

I think I have finally smoked my last cigarette and it is funny it was not half as hard as it seemed when I wrote this four years ago for this column, on one of my previous attempts to quit: “…The idea [of quitting smoking] fills me with apprehension and fear, even though from the […]

In many parts of the country February is one of the coldest months of the year, not something you usually have to put too much thought into on the Gulf Coast, but for most February is the cold, snowy slog before Spring finally shows up in late March, although in the Midwest in was always […]

This month I have chosen to use this space to speak about an important aspect of recent events in the United States and I will not mention political parties, race, nationality or attempt to prove or disprove any theory or event, because it is too important to all of us that we get past that, […]

As of now, I’ve written nearly ten columns in this space that focus on the end of the preceding year and the start of the next one. They have really been variations on a theme for the most part, focusing on the reflections most of us will undertake when we put three-hundred and sixty-five days […]