Raise High the Floor Beam, Islanders….
The very definition of ”heart-tugging” is a toddler or young child standing in front of an adult, arms outstretched, begging to be picked up. Confused, frightened or hungry for attention, they’ve...
View ArticleGalveston Rising ~ The Trees
As the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike’s September 13 landfall approaches, most Galveston homeowners who still are engaged in rebuilding and reconstruction don’t need any reminders about the...
View ArticleGalveston Rising – The Light
Nature, as they say, abhors a vacuum. Confronted by any sudden or unexpected absence she rises, turns and looks about, seeking remedy, overcome by her own irrepressible urges to fill, replenish and...
View ArticleWhere Gratitude Abides
Hurricane Ike innundates the Galveston Seawall Memorial to victims of the 1900 Storm Two months after Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas Coast, ferry service once again connected Galveston Island with the...
View ArticleCemetery Season
Some call it the end of winter; some call it spring. Increasingly, Texans call it wildflower season, but I’ve come to think of it as cemetery season: that time of year when human preferences for...
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