My family hails from the South… I mean from way back. They came from the slums of Middlesex, London, and after a generation in Ireland,...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been reading S.C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Southern Moon, a bestseller that traces the history of the...

I am usually on-the-go on weekends, but this Saturday found me in a somber kind of mood. While I’ve been enjoying the mild winter and am...

I turned yet another year older this month (just a decade past 29), and, like I do every birthday, I did some soul searching. I’m...

I consider myself very lucky because my son likes to take road trips with me. Sometimes, I feel as though I need to justify my trips, and...

I think I mentioned this before, but if I haven’t, well… I hunt ghost towns. I’d like to do that for a living, but there’s not much money...

When I go somewhere, I take a long a few necessities. A cell phone is always a good idea. So are cash, tea, and Altoids. My camera sticks...

“Oh no,” says the lone reader of my blog, “not a darn gardening post! They are SOOO boring!” Well, stupor ain’t my middle name, so I’ll...

I love a good road trip, and I believe that I’m not alone in sharing that sentiment. I’d wager to guess that the majority of people from...

I took the Texas Eagle from Dallas to Chicago the other week, and had a great time doing so. There’s nothing like falling asleep to the...

… through my hometown of Lewisville, Texas I was struck by my failure to bring the camera with me. Normally, I take my Canon everywhere I...

The new issue of D Magazine posits 119 reasons why it loves Dallas. Some of the reasons were a little on lopsided – for example, the...

I have to admit that I absolutely HATED school, back when I was forced to go. I honestly believed that the worst invention in history had...

David (my son) and I have become very fond of the show Ghost Adventures, which airs every Friday night at 8 pm (CST) on the Travel...

Studs Terkel died on October 31, 2008. He was and still is one of the most influential writer/historians I’ve come across, and I’d like...

Lately, I have been getting what Laura Ingalls Wilder called “itchy feet:” I’m just so itching to get out of the house and explore...

Texas history in my lil' ol' yard! I lucked out the other day. As I was rooting around on Craig’s List, trying to find cheap bricks to...

Image above is of Palo Duro Canyon, the second largest canyon in the United States and the birthplace of the Red River. It is located...

This old plantation store between Shreveport and Natchitoches, Louisiana, is where sharecroppers, who were paid with scrip, would buy...

The Rock Island Depot along the trail at Fort Richardson State Park I wouldn’t call myself a real cyclist – I don’t wear spandex (Lord...