Well, I crashed and burned on both NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo this year, but I am still glad to have dabbled in both. Because of the NaNo efforts, I met a local writer, and connected with a local writing group. Because of the NaBlo I discovered some...

I saw this atop a cab in Ft. Worth. I wonder if there are any other Grandma signs around town? Maybe, at the entrance to the hospital, there’s a reminder to have clean underpants on before you check in. I actually don’t mind when guys’ boxers show. I...

“Bon jour, y’all!” is how the server at the local French restaurant greeted us. This collage of phrases was melded together with a heavy Texan drawl and seemed utterly natural coming from him. Now that I think about it, it really sums up the...

When it comes to spiders, I experience equal parts fascination and freak-out. So when I realized the one in the photo above was mere inches from me as I sat by the backyard pond, I had mixed feelings. I’m new to Texas, and don’t quite know what’s...

The rain in Spain may fall mainly on the plain, but in Texas it just bitch slaps you wherever you may be. Texan rain resembles the tempests you see in movies about Seattle: sheet after sheet of pounding, morbidly obese raindrops, with thunder and...