Year: 2024

In September 2001, Joanna and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. As an anniversary present, she gave me a framed picture of Lou Brock, which our son Travis had helped her pick out. It still hangs in my study, next to the caricature of me that Joanna drew while we were sitting together in the Read more . . .

To read Part 1, click here. As I noted in Part 1, Spring Valley is one of four RISD elementary schools that are closing because of budget constraints . . . in other words, because the Texas legislature has failed to adequately fund our state’s public schools. As most of my friends know, I am Read more . . .

To read Part 2, click here. How many people have the opportunity to be at a new elementary school when it opens and – 64 years later – be there as it prepares to close its doors for the last time? Not many, apparently. As alumni gathered on Saturday, May 11, to say a fond Read more . . .

It’s been a year-and-a-half since Bob Morris, my best friend (outside of family), passed away, and I had the honor of eulogizing him at his funeral. On March 18, 1974 – 50 years ago today – Bob and I met when we both started work as telephone operators (on the old classic cordboard) at the Read more . . .

Joanna passed away 3 years ago at 1:16 a.m., Sunday, February 14. 2021. In this blog post, I want to share just a few of the things that were special about this wonderful, sweet, loving woman who was my wife for the last 44½ years of her life and the love of my life for Read more . . .