TV is Going to Ruin Football-Or Has it Already?

Okay, this post  is just me venting a little bit. In the newspaper it would be called an op-ed piece, so maybe I could get away with calling it that. Probably not.  I’m a true Texan schooled in the pleasures of  football.  My dad was a high school football star....
Happy New Year from Wolf Creek

Happy New Year from Wolf Creek

I have heard it said that when oil got to $50 a barrel, Texas would just buy Colorado and make it into a state park. Well, $50 a barrel oil has come and gone and we still haven’t bought Colorado, but based on our ski trip experience over New Year’s,...
A Most Unusual Christmas Present

A Most Unusual Christmas Present

My daughter Caroline found a time when we were out of the house and snuck in a huge box, nicely wrapped, and tucked it under the Christmas tree. Well, tucked might be a stretch; it was so big she just sort of set it down beside the tree. She told me I was going to...

There is a Reason I Didn’t Teach Math

Math and I have never been on good terms. Honestly, if TAKS had been around when I was in school, I assure you I would still be there- in high school, I mean- trying to pass the blasted math portion. I took the  most basic math courses in high school, flunked college...
Christmas is a Road Trip

Christmas is a Road Trip

Ben, Colten, and Maya will be celebrating Christmas at Ben and Maya’s house in Kyle, Texas, this year. A Christmas tradition that I accidently started a mere two years ago has now become a tradition, for me anyway, of taking a picture of the grandkids...