Today, the ice and snow turned to rain. I guess that's a good thing. It sure would be nice to see the sun again however. There were a ...

To hell with going to the gym today. I got more than enough exercise by clearing a safe path through the downed trees behind the house, so...

As the sun rose over Dallas this morning, I found myself listening to an interesting presentation about the future of Dallas. The new Midt...

Today was chaotic. As the city came back to life after the ice storm, I found myself bombarded with rush assignments and impossible deadli...

We've got power again! It's definitely been a long four days. Last night the temperature got so cold in the house that we gave up ...

What a day! Our power is still out. After three days without power and temperatures in the 20's, the entire neighborhood feels like we...

Things are bad in Dallas. Our power has been out over 30 hours and we still don't have any reliable information about when it will be...

A loud crash woke me up about 4:30 this morning. An ice laden tree had fallen on the roof. About two hour later, our power went out. It...

I've done everything I can. The car has a full tank of gas. I bought a bunch of D-Cell batteries for the emergency lanterns. I got som...

It was 80 degrees today. It is supposed to be 20 degrees tomorrow. That's Texas weather in a nutshell. All the TV weathermen in town a...

I got a phone call from a client today. This used to be a daily occurrence, but today's preference for text messages and e-mail have m...

I wonder if any of you would even notice if I occasionally substituted a post from a previous year for my daily missive? Pride prevents me...

Our favorite dog park is slowly but surely becoming just like all the other dog parks in Dallas. Aggressive dogs used to be a rarity at th...

It's hard for me to remember what day it is on holiday weekends. Since I did most of my regular weekend chores yesterday, there was li...

We thought today might be a good day to go see the new presidential library here in Dallas. How wrong we were! When we arrived, there was ...

All days should be like this. I got up late. I spent most of the day eating. I walked the dogs in a vain effort to to burn off my gargantu...

Dot had a really good physical therapy session today. The water therapy and acupuncture has already resulted in an improvement in her bala...