The library in our two-room schoolhouse in Ethel, Oklahoma was a single shelf. Our teacher, beautiful Mrs. Jimmie Taylor, taught…
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Universality and the new food movement
‘Tis the season to think about, write about, stand in the kitchen and make… food. So timely that my niece…
A Texas Christmas
Thinking about my father this holiday season. He and I have our birthdays in December. He would have been ninety…
Power of the pen
When I was fifteen, an English teacher assigned me a persuasive essay for our class newspaper The Goldbug. Identify a…
Going to extremes
Humans once argued about how many angels could dance on the head of a pin. Once we wore ourselves out…
I Hate My Toothbrush
I HATE MY TOOTHBRUSH and other cutting-edge devices…. I just brushed my teeth and I feel a rant coming on….
A Curmudgeon’s Lament
I’m not a happy camper. I’m not even a good sport. I’m at the high end of high-maintenance. Others accept…
Reflections on Being Human
Each of us makes sense of the world in one way or another, unless we don’t make sense of it,…