Enjoying The Island Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and had an enjoyable family Thanksgiving, and are getting in the festive Christmas spirit, which is very quickly approaching. Gifts can be air dropped to #1 Matagorda Peninsula, compass bearing 120 degrees from the Little Jetty. Ha Ha! […]

Greetings from the island everyone. Well Thanksgiving is already upon us next week, and I can smell the pans of dressing and pumpkin pie beginning to permeate through the air. Barnacle and I will give our thanks this year here on the island, enjoying a smoked ham that I ordered through a student’s school group. […]

Prep Time Begins For Winter Island Season Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoying these brisk cool mornings lately. As I sit at the small kitchen table before dawn Monday morning, waiting for the coffee to perculate in my crusted and rusted camp-style pot, which my sister-in-law Mittie […]

Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are enjoying this Fall-like weather we have been blessed with lately. This past weekend felt so nice, with the cool crisp air and the north breeze blowing across the island. The days should begin becoming much more bearable now with Fall soon approaching. It sure seems […]

Hurricane Preparedness – A Must On The Island Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and surviving this dreadful south Texas heat the past few weeks. I think the older I get, the less tolerable I become with the heat. The local Poco Bueno fishing tournament was a huge success […]