I drove from Frisco to Sherman last week, a drive of about an hour straight north up Preston Road. I had an appointment at the Department of Public Safety, to…

The unusually cool, wet weather this spring has coaxed lavish flowering from our roses and extended the bloom-time of our irises by weeks.  Our garden has been testifying to the…

As I type, I can see the trees across the street. Mostly-gray-and-brown for months, this week they have begun to put on colors – a misty green on the hackberries,…

I have written before about Bonnie-the-Dog, my faithful canine companion. She is the Ultimate Pet – a beautiful creature who exists exclusively for the giving and receiving of affection. Oh,…

Like the rest of North Texas, we are home today. I like it. There’s a conspiratorial satisfaction to being hunkered down and knowing that everyone else is, too. Occasionally a…

Are you baking?  Wrapping?  Prepping for company?  ‘Tis the season – and the countdown is underway! The temperature dropped precipitously in North Texas today. Flurries of white flakes had the…

Herod wields power over just about everyone else in the story of Advent and the Nativity.  As puppet king employed by the occupying Roman army, Herod would have been the…

A gray day but the garden is alive with wings: autumnal foragers, intent on little birdy quests for sustenance.  They dart and scoot among trailing spider’s web strings, late-fading flowers,…