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 …
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Greek mythology
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 …
One glass
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 …
Your stupid life
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 …
Suicide isn’t painless
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 …
What I saw on your face when you thought no one was looking
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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Of sandpipers and the ocean’s waves
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 …