All We Are is Dust in the Wind: according to my life’s journey and the song lyrics from Kansas

A couple of weeks ago an agreement was reached with my former (and only) school employer to return to coach high school UIL Speech and UIL Social Studies.

Faces & Places

“If you want to leave a legacy...leave it now, every day of your life, not just after you are gone or only as a result of a narrowly defined way of contributing. With every thought, word, and deed you leave something behind.

The Bugle Boy Listening Room

Musicians from Texas and beyond perform at The Bugle Boy Listening Room in La Grange. “They come here just because of our reputation as a great place to hear music,” says Heather Allbright, Executive Director. “At The Bugle Boy there is no talking during a performance.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

“Your Name is the most precious possession you have.” --Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, when speaking to young people Last week, the passing of Mr. Williams did not register as much attention as the Heard/Depp verdict.

Faces & Places

“Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow, wow! Look at that dirty dog! Look at that burneddown house! Look at that red sky!’ And the child points, and you look, and you see, and you start going, ‘Wow!

2 CENTS WORTH

Good morning happy 4th of July, I hope all of you are enjoying the fourth, Joe and I are staying in Aspermont in the cool house.

Freedom in Community

As I write this on July 4th, I am thinking about the various dimensions that come with the idea of “freedom.” A few weeks ago, I wrote on Juneteenth that freedom in America has been a continuous journey.

The Spirit of ’76: Protecting us against the Putin Playbook

As we gather to celebrate Independence Day, it’s a good time to reflect on how our most fundamental freedoms have served this nation well. It’s an even better time to think about what would happen if those liberties were taken away. Sadly, the latter doesn’t take much imagination in 2022.

2 CENTS WORTH

Wonderful!!!! Wonderful rain this morning, joe and I had an inch in our gauge at 7::00 AM and it's still raining slow, wonderful. He can hardly wait to go to the farm and see if he got rain north of town. The way this rain is spotted you never know what it did in the next block!!!!!

A Real Cowboy Reunion

Author’s note: this is an updated and refreshed version of an essay about the Texas Cowboy Reunion that appeared in several print and digital outlets in 2016 and 2017. The year was 1930.