Marble Falls       The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi is a powerful and disturbing book about the killing of Emmett Till in Sunflower County in and around Drew, Mississippi on August 28, 1955.  The physical barn is still there, and it is where the killing was done.  The Till story is …

            New Orleans       Jet-lagged or not, my son and I dragged ourselves down to the Smoothie King Arena to see an NBA game between our New Orleans Pelicans and the legendary Golden State Warriors, formerly from Oakland, and now San Francisco in the Mission Bay Area.  The NBA has a newish marketing and promo …

            Pearl River      On a clear night in the predawn with a new moon, if you’re sleeping in, you’re missing some thrills by not looking up at the stars, if you can get some distance from light pollution.  Lucha, my Australian Shepherd, and I were out and about along the Gulf Coast in just such …