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We watched a coming-of-age movie last night called "Concrete Cowboy." Kind of like "Nomadland" in its realistic origins, this film...

After vacillating wildly on what to write next, I've finally begun a sequel to OUT AND IN. Called ICE AND FIRE, this mystery-thriller...

You might deem this post “a First World problem” and I’d agree with you. With too many people struggling to feed their families, any...

So I’m pumping gas at the corner of Highway 620 and 183 in Austin when a guy about my age starts chatting to me, lovely morning, where do...

This morning, I went to Hertz.com to reserve a car for an upcoming visit to the Mainland. (Hubster will stay behind to guard the home and...

My track record with valuable jewelry is dismal. I've managed to lose almost every "nice" piece anyone ever gave me, from my...

The Hubster and I are watching the "Atlantic Crossing" series on Masterpiece, a historical drama about an apparent romance between FDR...

Not everyone decides to move from Austin, Texas, to Hawaii during a worldwide pandemic, not to mention that my husband Bill and I had...

My husband and I are fulfilling a bucket list dream of moving to the Big Island of Hawaii. According to plans, we will arrive Oct. 23....

If you can't click through to read this linked article in the Austin American-Statesman, the essence of it explains why Bill and I left...

Conversation starter: the letter to Joe Biden from 100 black "leaders," telling Biden that he must choose a Black VP or he'll lose the...

In Austin, a species of scarab beetle, a.k.a., the June bug, arrives in March and April. This specimen is Phyllophaga hirtiventris, a...

While you are self-quarantined: My husband Bill and I were late to the barn dance on this PBS documentary, but we sure enjoyed Ken...

I gave a homeless guy $10 today. I know you're not supposed to encourage pandhandlers, and I rarely give them money, but he was in his...

I love mayonnaise. Always have. When I was a child, my sister and I used to rush inside with a sack of groceries, pull out the mayo jar,...

I initially found this recipe on the PBS web site. It was submitted by a home cook, so I've got to give them both credit with a link to...

Either Stacy Livingston Vanbecelaere or Reed Livingston Bates—both are my daughters but I can’t remember which one—gave me a gorgeous...

December 17 was a day that will live in infamy, that is, in my skeletal world. According to two different orthopods, both of my knees...

I just wanted to pass along a link to an "Author of the Day" interview about Out and In: a mystery-thriller. This is on ManyBooks.Net,...