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What I’ve learned so far
There was a time in my life when I would have thought it crazy to spend money traveling all the way from Midland to Austin just to see a rock and roll concert. Even if the concert featured one of my favorite groups, I was too stingy to spend the money.
I’m beginning to understand music […]
This morning after my Thursday Iron Men study class I raced over to Greathouse Elementary School to meet Cyndi and climb on board one of her charter buses headed toward Lubbock. Last year Cyndi applied for and received a grant from the MISD Education Foundation to take all three 5th-grade classes from Greathouse to the […]
Sometimes I’m surprised how much I enjoy writing, but my writing history goes back a long way.
I had a Junior High teacher in Kermit, Texas, who would put a funny magazine photograph on the board and ask us to write a one-page story about the picture. We’d stand up in front of the class to […]
Last Saturday I joined 14 guys on a hike up and down Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas. It was great. The weather was just warm enough for hiking without a jacket or fleece, and just windy enough to keep us from overheating. Even on top of the mountain, where it’s usually cold and […]