Never thought I’d be praying for a tropical storm and certainly not looking forward to a visit from anyone named Don (with a wink to Mom—inside joke!), but there it is.
Tropical Storm Don takes a bead on South Texas
With the formation of Tropical Storm Don after its unremarkable birth in the Caribbean, I’ve been following the weather forecasts each evening with nail-biting anticipation. Read the rest of this entry »
Albeit unplanned. No matter—invitations not required.
Avenue O and 48th—dangerous!
Apparently all you need for a spontaneous block party around here is a loud car crash—or, to borrow from the old Batman comics, “KAPOW! CRRAACK! CLUNK!”
And if it occurs on a fairly regular basis, right in front of your very own home, you might be wise to (a) invest in a popcorn popper and (b) start filing quarterly income tax returns because (c) there just might be a viable cottage industry here. Read the rest of this entry »
Introducing the newest member of our little island family, a four-month-old gray tabby with white socks on her hind feet and an admirably fearless personality, recently adopted from the Galveston Humane Society.
A baby minou
Well, for the past week, since I picked her up and brought her home eight days ago, that’s been the number one question I’ve been laboring to answer.
And as I discovered, this cat-naming business can be quite a process!
In the beginning, my idea was to come up with an exotic, “islandy” kind of name, perhaps something with a Balinese flavor, which could handily double as my tiny tabby homage to the old Balinese Room, a piece of lost Galveston history to which I will always have fond, and forever memorable, ties. Read the rest of this entry »
Galveston Co. Daily News
