Surviving the Island Summer Season A hot, humid and sweaty greeting from the island! I hope everyone is doing well, and hanging in there with this brutal high pressure staying over us, and creating this prolonged sweltering heat. There are certainly tropical storm advantages to having this high pressure over us, but dang, it could […]

Island History and Summer Holidays Greetings from the barrier Matagorda Peninsula Island. I hope that everyone is doing well, and adjusting to this south Texas pre-summer heat. I swear, the older I get, the hotter and more unbearable these summers seem to get. While I’m thinking about it, I’m often asked about why I refer […]

Spring Gardening, Mosquitoes and Seaweed Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that this month’s article finds you doing very well, and I also hope that you enjoyed a wonderful Mothers Day with your beautiful moms this past Sunday. Whether still on this earth or in heaven, a belated very Happy Mothers Day to all […]

Greetings from the island everyone, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you lads and lasses!  I may have to search the T-shirt rack to find a green colored one to wear, just in case someone stops by. There were a few more weekend islanders out this past week, and I wasn’t sure why […]

Late Winter Island Birds and Sunrises Greetings from the island everyone, I hope that all of you are doing well, and hanging in there with these cold temps and high winds. Spring is a mere month or so away, soon to be bringing warm sunshiny days and green grass growing and ready to be mowed. […]