August 2, 2016
I will never forget several years ago when I drove past the lagoon shown in the picture above. In disbelief, I saw two trespassers fishing in what was essentially a waste treatment plant! I am confident that if they caught a fish, it didn’t take them long to figure out that it smelled terrible for […]
July 1, 2016
Most Americans have good memories of things they have done on July 4th. I hosted an old fashioned July 4th celebration at my ranch for a number of years; activities included barbeque, horseback riding, hay rides, fishing and even a greased hog catching contest. Over the years we fed thousands of people from all walks […]
June 1, 2016
The flight data recorder, often referred to as the “black box,” can generally be defined as a sealed recording instrument installed in every aircraft that makes a continuous record of flight altitude, airspeed, heading, accelerations, voices and noises heard in the cockpit. These units are installed in fireproof housings and are mounted in the tails […]
May 6, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I was with my family at an upscale restaurant in Dallas for lunch. When the twenty-something year old waitress approached our table to take our drink order, she did a very, very quick double take at my wife, Barbara, and said very pointedly: “You are a nurse at Children’s Hospital.” […]
April 4, 2016
I always feel a sense of a new beginning at the end of winter and the Lenten season and after the Easter celebration. The Texas countryside almost is always green around Easter and Texas bluebonnets and other wild flowers are in full bloom. All over the Texas countryside whitetail fawns can be found along with […]
