Yesterday was now the second time my heart has dropped over the same home.

Not too long ago, we attended a retirement party for a spouse’s co-worker. While chatting with the spouse of another one of his co-workers, she mentioned they were looking at fixer upper properties in Gardner for a profitable side project. Before my brain caught up, I felt that “oh no” moment, and quickly blurted out a query about an address that's been on our radar. I was relieved when it was not on...

My goodness, it's been too long.

In this installment, I'm only going to feature one restaurant this time around. It's one that I've been meaning to get to for some time, and this past weekend, I have finally given it a try. On Friday, after arriving in Houston to start a brief trip, I stopped in the suburb of Pearland, just to the south of there. Barbecue in Southeast Texas awaited your writer. As always in these visits, I rate with the star system (1-Very...

While we've got a country that must be saved from the tyrannical teeth of the far left, the media is doing all it can to get Hillary Rotten Clinton elected to the presidency. During the Olympic coverage, I saw NBC do a commercial for Hillary. Just a bunch of false lies and empty promises that aren't going to happen if she were elected. Political ads don't belong in commercial blocs during sports events. And if they did, then they need to present both sides and not just one. ...

It's summer now. I can tell when I look at the calendar. I look for a real sense of summer on those odd days that I'm home mid afternoon. I listen for it through the sounds of cicadas and distant tuck traffic mid evening. I sometimes think I catch a faint whiff on a breeze, but I'm never sure. It's mostly just long hot days and the absence of kids at bus stops in my neighborhood as I leave for work. I see kids at the bus stops during the school year, but I seldom see them any where or any time...

I knew at a very young age I should have been born with a female body. I could never put that into words, that concept at the time was not known to me. I was raised in a strict Christian environment, and having these thoughts were sinful, and the worst kind of wrong. At least that is what I heard in church. I internalized this sentiment, and it grew into a fierce hatred, most directed at myself. I prayed to God to make this go away. I prayed for that a lot. I couldn't be a girl, that was ...