I was in Criminal Court today. Packed with defendants. Lawyers. DA’s. Clerks. Bailiffs. I have the flu, but for some court dates it doesn’t matter. You know the flu where you’re almost well but drained and weak? The room moves Read More …
The winding road was laid out before the collectivo. The destination was Semuc Champey, squarely planted in an isolated valley,it’s roughly 3 miles past the exit for the middle of fucking nowhere. A quick survey of Google Maps revealed that Read More …
Like most of the nation, I am captivated by “Making a Murderer” the Netflix docuseries of Steven Avery. In case you are living under a rock, Steven Avery is the Wisconsin man wrongly convicted of sexual assault in 1985, and Read More …
My main problem with writing a blog is the time between inspiration and production. Late at night blogs come to me easily. What I saw in a Phelidelphia bar. When in high school I hit a guy in the face Read More …
2013, I finished my first full marathon at the Chevron Houston Marathon. My son, David, ran the last four miles with me to help me finish. I was so tired, wet, and cold that I couldn’t have done it without Read More …
Running is truly living–once you take it up as a lifestyle. When I was 50, I was 50 pounds overweight, and I mainly sat on the couch. My stubborn wife insisted I change. We started running with Houston Fit, a Read More …
Grant has a new blog from his year trek through Central and South America today: http://www.losethekeys.com/2016/01/12/the-ancient-mayans/ He’s a younger and riskier traveler. I should have been this guy when I was young and unencumbered by life. What path shall Read More …
Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Things people travel to see that are close to you–you never go there. Texas Monthly listed painting the cars at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo as a goal of the year, but when I grew up Read More …
What do you you think? Is this kids being fashionable as we all were at their vacuous age? Is this Rome the year before Caesar crossed the Rubicon? Or, is it nothing? http://www.chron.com/national/article/Miami-Delta-Gamma-releases-wildest-recruitment-6744109.php
Grant Cherwenuk in Guatemala. Follow his adventures online. Site is at the previous blog.
Grant Cherwenuk, a friend of my sons Will and David, decided to spend a year traveling Central and South America. You can follow this young man’s adventure on his blog below. I’m so proud of him for following his own Read More …
The Writer’s serving her duty From @TheJoiOfWriting who recently posted How Not To Get Out Of Jury Duty. You can read it on her excellent blog at http://joimaria.typepad.com/joi_maria/2015/09/how-not-to-get-out-of-jury-service.html. You should read it.
When we were Istanbul two years ago, there were relatively few Americans. It was Ramadan and our plane was half full. When we arrived there, the city was full of Russian tourists partying and drinking like it was a weekend Read More …
Has God talked to you? He sounds like an old guy that’s smoked too many cigarettes, and he has a Nebraskan accent. The funny thing is that when I heard the voice I was in Lubbock driving down the loop Read More …
In 1980 I was 22 years old and deluded into thinking I was smart and sophisticated. In the summer of that year I was in Detroit at the Republican National Convention. Elizabeth Taylor at the time was married to Senator Read More …