Category: Mountain Dreams

One of the best things Texas has ever produced, at least from this liberal’s viewpoint…Bill Moyers. Bill Moyers discusses the spread of environmental concern among evangelicals | By David Roberts | Grist | Main Dish | 05 Oct 2006: “Just after the 2004 election, in his 70th year, legendary journalist Bill Moyers retired from full-time television, giving up the reins

More good news about the Mediterranean Diet… Mediterranean Diet May Keep Alzheimer’s at Bay – washingtonpost.com: “Scientists have produced more evidence for the health benefits of eating a ‘Mediterranean diet’: It apparently can help protect your brain. The diet consists of lots of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals, olive oil and fish, and small amounts of red meat and dairy products.

I felt the need for another Sunday photo road trip. I was a little depressed about not rising to this weeks Friday Photo Challenge, so a Galveston sunrise trip appeared to be required. Sadly the cloud cover did not cooperate…So a ferry ride later, it was Bolivar and a lighthouse and pelicans, lots of pelicans. Bolivar Light HouseTexasOctober 8, 2006

 As screwy as it may seem, my apple trees can never quite figure out when to bloom. Mostly they bloom in the spring. But every fall these crazy trees will put on a few blooms…here’s a few from last month.

Ever since they gave Leon Hale a blog life has been better. Now he drops little thought pictures out there that wouldn’t make a whole column…Check out his thoughts on piddling. Leon Hale | A blog featuring Houston Chronicle columnist Leon Hale: “People are always asking me what I do here in the country. What I do is not much.

This is the entrance to the Old Quarter Acustic Cafe a venue for singer/songwriters just off the Strand in Galveston. The last time I made a show it was a friend from high school, Freddy Steady Krc playing ( who I see I just missed a couple of weeks ago,damn). Wrecks Bell owns and runs the place. It’s a pretty

Elizabeth Point, Galveston BayOct 1, 2006 Looks like I need to do more of these Sunday Photo Trips. So far they are turning up some really nice shots…to work, I must now go. Have a great day.

I got out of bed earlier than normal this Sunday morning ’cause I wanted to make the 30+ minute run down toward Galveston to try and catch some shots as the sun came up…I almost didn’t make it. This shot is of a fishing boat close to the railroad bridge on the mainland side of the bay. Galveston is on

I was sitting at the kitchen table going through my morning emails, reading the blogs I keep up with and generally doing what I do during the quiet of a Saturday morn when after checking out Fragments I started running Fred’s link list. Basically, I was looking for some new voices on what was happening in the world. The voice

As I sit at my computer reading the mornings emails here are a few of the things that stand out: From the Washington Post:E.J Dionne had this to say about the Clinton interview on Fox – “Sober, moderate opinion will say what sober, moderate opinion always says about an episode of this sort: Tut tut, Clinton looked unpresidential, we should