New Orleans To remind, on my return from some trip or another around our wide world, my father would cut to the chase. He didn’t want to see video or photos or hear some tour guide babble. He would charge me with telling him something he might want to know that was interesting to him …

            Pearl River      Mowing your yard doesn’t necessarily rank near the top of anyone’s list of top ten favorite ways to spend their time.  It’s a chore, especially in the South where it seems the grass is always growing, and if it’s not grass, it’s some greenish form of weeds or unnamed plant life.  Add …

            Marble Falls        At a local farmer’s market there was a stack of boxes of donuts and a table next to them with a small chalkboard that said, “Donuts for Fathers.”  I was sitting in my truck as mi companera made the rounds to her delight.  One father picked up a donut and laughed …