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....

Editor's Note : This article was originally written in 2020, and edited again on Feb. 7, 2022, to update missing links. Hopefully, the...

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 found this recipe on the PBS site. It was submitted by a home cook, so here's a link to the original recipe. However, I modified it 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,...

A lack of energy Saturday morning reminded me that when I worked a full-time day job, I used to unwind by watching PBS cooking shows. So,...

I planted a tiny garden after we moved into our new spot. My seeds included yellow squash, zucchini, okra, green beans, eggplant (globe),...

A former colleague and friend—or so I thought—got pissed and de-friended me on Facebook because I said something she didn’t like. Aren’t...

Dumb me, but I had scheduled a neighborhood open house for last night (Thursday), not considering that I was having stem cell and...

About a year ago, I started ordering delivery from Randall's, a grocery chain in Austin affiliated with Safeway. I have a Randall's...

I recently made my world famous potato salad for a party. After making it over the past many decades, I've decided to share my secret...

March 11, 2019 Wow. I googled my author name today and found some stuff I thought had been deleted. Also, I found a thing that teed...

February 22, 2019 I wasn't chosen to present at the Academy Awards, so I'm presenting The Spammer Awards instead. I got a spam letter via...