William Holt, my business partner, and I spent 3+ years making trips down to Port of Spain, Trinidad, working with an oil company there. On one of our trips, we heard about the scarlet ibises that come home to roost in a specific part of the Caroni Swamp at eventide. That sounded interesting. I hadn’t... Learn More

The concept of ‘rituals’ has stayed with me all day today, and I was remembering more and more. So let’s look at the creation of new rituals. Giving credit to family, cultural and religious rituals, I think there is also a place for creating rituals. The granddaughter of a friend of mine is going through... Learn More

Saturday I had the great good fortune to spend time with my family, as we gathered in Denton, TX to witness the college graduation ceremony of my niece, Amanda Neal. We then caravaned to a well known Mexican food restaurant (our family’s cuisine of choice) to celebrate her achievement more personally. I watched the connections... Learn More

Tonight, I got mildly ticked off – several times – little irritating, unwanted interferences in my plans for how the evening "should have been" …"stupid" drivers, road closures, not speaking up for myself (it was a little thing – asking for change), etc. I know from experience that the loss of my peace of mind... Learn More

*****     *****     ******     *****   ******    *****    *******     ******     ******     ******     *******     ****** Dear Lord, So far today, God, I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped,haven’t lost my temper, haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish,or over-indulgent. I’m really glad about that. But in a fewminutes, God,... Learn More

Today was a ‘good hair’ day, until someone unjustly accused me of something I didn’t do. GRRRRRRRR In the old days, if I had gone to ‘war’ about it, I would have met their fire with More Fire, or I would have been like a glacier, imagining them crumbling into little pieces as I slowly... Learn More