Masters of the coffeeshop
When I was a kid we didn’t have a television, so getting to watch cartoons at my friends’ houses was an especial treat. When my kids were kids, we didn’t …
When I was a kid we didn’t have a television, so getting to watch cartoons at my friends’ houses was an especial treat. When my kids were kids, we didn’t …
My grandfather Jim, who lived to be 89, once told me that the hardest part about getting old was watching all your friends die. Cycling is kind of the same …
We don’t have a lot of stuff. One friend charitably describes our lifestyle as “minimalist,” but “two steps away from broke” doesn’t miss the mark by much. The other day …
Me: “I’m just not very introspective.” Friend: “But you seem to write a lot about your life.” Me: “That’s not introspection. It’s narcissism.” One afternoon at the Coffee Bean and …
Nor, apparently, is it easy. After swimming out into the Gulf of Mexico late at night and trying to drown himself (swam back in because he was so afraid), then …
There’s a gentle beauty that pours forth from your face when you’re turning the pedals, A happiness that is so warm and engulfing that it beckons us all, smilingly, To …
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In another space and time I was a birdwatcher, and co-authored a book with two of the finest living field ornithologists called “Finding Birds on the Great Texas Coastal Birding …