Category: News
Lacing up their running shoes for a morning of coastal fitness, participants gathered on Saturday, May 9, for the annual Texas Crab Festival Fun Run. This year’s event brought a wave of fresh energy with a shift to a brand-new venue: Camp Margaritaville Resort. Two of the oldest runners who placed, highlighted below in the […]
Practical Disaster Prepping, Part 4We can live over three weeks without food, some of us a bit longer, but only about three days without water. Almost any major disaster can shut down municipal water. Even if the waterlines and tanks are intact, without the power grid the pumps fail and water tower tanks empty quickly. […]
As long as the earth’s surface is not completely covered with water, there will be boat groundings; that is, the boat is no longer floating free but instead is stuck on the water’s bottom. There are two types of groundings: soft groundings and hard groundings. This article will discuss soft groundings. Hard groundings occur when […]
Surface water temperatures are holding around 79 degrees. The big story this past week has been the wind — and plenty of it. Water clarity remains about average for East Galveston Bay west of the Stingaree, but conditions become noticeably murkier the farther east you move past Big Pasture Bayou. With the strong winds, the […]
The private recreational angler red snapper season in federal waters will open May 22 rather than the typical June 1 opening. This change was made to provide a longer window for saltwater anglers to enjoy coastal fishing and include the Memorial Day holiday. “As always, our goal is to give Texas anglers as many days […]
In Honor and Remembrance of our friend and Bolavarian….Karen, passed away April 12, 2026 at home surrounded by family and her precious dog, Charlie Mack. Karen was born on May 14, 1955, in Perryton, Tx. August 19, 1972. She married the love of her life Jerry Don Riddles. Together they shared 54 years of playful […]
Filling up your gas tank used to be a rare moment of forced peace. You stood there in the quiet hum of the station, perhaps checking your oil, cleaning a smudge off the windshield, or just staring blankly at the horizon while the numbers ticked away. It was a five-minute meditation in an otherwise busy […]
Here we are in Tampa, arrived early on Saturday morning. The flight was delightful, even though it was only 5am. Southwest has assigned seats now, so when we got to our seats (me in the middle), next to me was a young woman with her not too happy 3-month old. I secretly cringed, but after […]
The week of May 19 to May 25 marks the expansion of the American West via landmark legislation, breakthroughs in global aviation and telecommunications, and pivotal declarations that altered the course of civil rights and the Cold War space race. May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25
Long time readers are familiar with my many Close Calls, some of which involved my Dear Mother, the guardian angel who snatched me away from an early demise on a number of occasions. In her memory, and for new subscribers who may have missed the first iteration, here is the new and improved telling of […]