by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | A Boys Life, Entertainment, Life
ONCE, WE WERE GIANTS (the sprinklers) Ingenuity. I’m pretty sure it was frowned upon, but damn if it wasn’t cool. Yes, pun intended here. Summers were hot, dry and windy. The center of the barrio here was Alamo Park, or later I am to be corrected “el” Alamo Park. We...
by admin | Sep 16, 2017 | A Boys Life, Life
I take all photos posted on this page and the SomeWhereTexas site, but this time I have to credit my youngest son. He showed it to me and I said to myself, “Yes!” Great perspective and moment. I try and encourage the boys to take photos as they see the...
by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | A Boys Life, Life
The question was, “What would you like to be remembered for?” Assuming this means I was gone and had flown the coop of life, what would it be? This had me thinking. Should be an easy question, right? Maybe it could be something like I was a good father, husband, son,...
by admin | Jun 30, 2017 | A Boys Life, Life
TEXAS BLACKBERRIES Catching the last days of the Central Texas Blackberry season. Can we say jelly!!! Yes, in case you’re mouth watering mind is wondering, the sweet smell is as large as the berries. I remember as a kid my mom delivering blackberry jelly to my...
by admin | Jun 22, 2017 | A Boys Life, Life
I asked him, “Dad, are you afraid of dying?” Without hesitation, he looked into my eyes as some sort of reassurance and in his calming voice he replied, “No, but I want to live.” And he smiled. I believed him and I actually understood. In his faith there was no doubt...
by admin | Jun 15, 2017 | A Boys Life, Life
I pull it out now and then as I did today. It’s just a beautiful as the day I first saw it, which I actually can’t remember when that day was. But it was on her hand. She never seemed to wear much jewelry, her wedding ring, a brooch, a butterfly neklace,...
