Drum roll, please, for I am about to make an announcement. The journey through darkness I have written about extensively on this blog since I lost my lovely bride, Kathy Anne, to cancer has for all intents reached its end. So much has happened to my family and me since the worst day of our … Continue reading My journey is complete
Perhaps you can join me in making this admission: We don’t offer our thanks often enough to the men and women who serve in our fire service. What brings this up? Well, today I went on a photo assignment for the Princeton Herald. My boss asked me to take some pictures of Princeton firefighters reading … Continue reading Thank you, firefighters
Time for a little bragging, if that’s all right with you. If you object, too bad. I am going to boast … just a little. High Plains Blogger will surpass in just two days a significant milestone. I am proud to announce it will mark 1,000 consecutive days in which I have posted something on … Continue reading Blog nears milestone
Five years ago, my bride and I took a bit of a leap of faith, moving from our quiet neighborhood up yonder in Amarillo to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Our reason was as straightforward as it gets. We wanted to be near our granddaughter. We also knew that the move would present some challenges for … Continue reading Getting used to the traffic madness
My wife was a wise woman who used to share with me this notion: She would much rather work with men than with women. Why? Women too often get into backbiting and back-stabbing. Kathy Anne would have none of it. Well, my bride’s wisdom went on full display the other day in a U.S. House … Continue reading These weren’t ‘distinguished gentleladies’
NUREMBERG, Germany — The past two weeks have flown by like a rocket shot into space. But yet they have arguably among the best two weeks I’ve ever spent. I spent them in Bavaria, in southern Germany. My vacation came from an invitation delivered by friends who thought when they extended it that I needed … Continue reading Time is like a rocket
NUREMBERG, Germany — My journey to Europe is nearing its conclusion. Very soon, I will be boarding a jet bound for home. To be honest, I didn’t realize how much I needed the time away until after I arrived. What spurred the realization? Likely it was my friends who greeted me outside of baggage claim … Continue reading Journey nears its end
NUREMBERG, Germany — My journey abroad is beginning to commence to come to an end. I only have a couple more nights in Bavaria before I board a jet for home. I want to stipulate two critical points. One is that I am a true-blue American patriot who served his country in war, who pays … Continue reading So proud, but then again …
CESKY KRUMLOV, Czech Republic — My friends Martin and Alena invited me to visit them shortly after I lost my bride, Kathy Anne. I had intended to see them in their house and get reacquainted with their children. To be honest, I wasn’t prepared to see the sights Martin and I saw over the past … Continue reading Peeking back in time
NUREMBERG, Germany — Very soon, my friend and I are going to head toward the Czech Republic border in search for the perfect Greek pastry. It will have to be perfect, although it will be difficult to ascertain whether it reaches the level of perfection set by my late bride, Kathy Anne. Here’s the story … Continue reading The hunt continues