It takes me about an hour every day to write this and edit the accompanying photos. This means I've literally spent thousands of hour...

When I went to breakfast this morning I couldn't figure out why I was having so much trouble parking my car. Jeez, I come to this plac...

We had a nice view of the solar eclipse this evening. As luck would have it, the best viewing time in Dallas was right around sunset, so w...

I'm beginning to think that time is relative. Even though a loud wall clock in the kitchen ticks off the seconds at a constant pace, s...

When we were taking our morning walk, we encountered a work crew laying concrete for the new bicycle superhighway that is replacing our fa...

Dot got a great report from her oncologist today. The ultrasound scan showed no thickening of the intestinal walls, and no evidence whatso...

I finally got the new generator running. It was easy to start, runs fairly quietly, and seems to produce electricity. I tested it using th...

It was a remarkably normal day. Both dogs got a bath at Dirty Dawgz. We didn't even have to wait long for a tub this time. I mowed the...

So, I'm going to get groceries this morning and there's an ambulance with all its lights flashing parked right in front of the sto...

My Facebook feed seems to have divided into two camps: those who think we're all going to die and those who are already sick of hearin...

You really can't make this stuff up. Not only do we have a third confirmed case of Ebola in Dallas, we have someone who apparently tho...

I drove past the Ebola hospital on my way to pick up Dash from his follow-up exam at the cancer center and was a bit surprised to see that...

The rainy season must have started. We had another overnight downpour that ended around daybreak. With the rain came much cooler temperatu...

As most of you probably know by now, there is a second Ebola victim in Dallas. This time is was an experienced nurse, wearing full protect...

It started raining just before we went to bed last night and continued until just after sunrise. Ordinarily, a night of heavy rain would u...

I think I'm up to speed again. A severe weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow provided the excuse I needed to finally go out and b...

We encountered a turtle on our morning walk today. Dot growled at it. Dash wanted to play with it. And I thought it was a good metaphor fo...