I found something strange on one of my adventures around North Texas. Well, it was merely mysterious to me, but I learned it was a saving grace to many others. And I didn’t even know such things existed until now. While out one evening driving through the mid-cities area, looking at new neighborhoods being built…… MORE
Pardon my French, but what in H-E-double-hockey-sticks is wrong with recipe writers? Yesterday I had a craving for Swedish meatballs. So, I went to my favorite online recipe source for Alton Brown’s Swedish meatballs recipe. As always, I got sucked in by the relative simplicity of the recipe and the claim of convenience that it…… MORE
My oldest daughter just started her senior year in high school. I keep asking myself how this could be??!! It’s seems like yesterday that she was three months old, jumping up and down on my lap with little springs in her legs. It’s hard to believe in less than a year, we will be packing…… MORE
The Olympic athletes continue to amaze me. Every two years (Counting the Winter Olympics, obviously) we are treated to athleticism at its finest from swimming to a record number of gold medals or keeping the spirit up after failing to make it to finals. In between reports of that green diving well and what in…… MORE
On Monday, July 11, I started what I hope to be a long, fruitful career in the field of journalism at WBAP and KLIF. Just four days prior, one of the biggest tragedies to ever strike Dallas took the city by storm, breaking our hearts while also bringing us together in ways I personally haven’t…… MORE
Growing up, when I would leave the house, my mother said something very different to me than the typical “Be careful” or “Stay safe.” She would tell me, “Remember who you are.” I never took the remark very seriously, but I never had to until now. I have been in a state of forgetfulness recently…… MORE
Thursday night: Five officers killed in the line of duty in Downtown Dallas. Friday: A city knocked down after violence the night before. Saturday: A memorial grows at Dallas Police Headquarters where a false alarm caused a brief scare that night after a suspicious person was reported in a garage nearby. Then Sunday came. It…… MORE
I don’t really consider myself an environmentalist. I participate when my city holds its biannual recycling day and I will shred and recycle papers if it’s convenient. But recently I’ve started taking my left over plastic bags to the grocery story for recycling. I think we all wonder sometimes “is there something I can do…… MORE
You may know one. You may even be one yourself. I kinda-sorta used to be one…well, borderline, anyway. I’m talking about Luddites, those folks who despise technology almost to the point of throwing their cellphones (they wouldn’t be caught dead with a smartphone) out the window in anger and disgust. The name goes back to…… MORE
I’ve given several speeches in my journalism education and career, but none that have lasted 30 minutes or longer. But, if anyone wants to witness this first, while learning how to stay safe in the face of disaster, come out to Rowlett next month. I will be heading up a talk on weather preparedness in…… MORE
