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They are hooked, you know. These bees of mine are hooked. Hooked on that fine, fine liquid I’m serving up at my establishment. I am providing the finest Air Conditioning Condensation Water [...]

I needed to take a walk. I found a neighbor has a pomegranate tree. The neighbor must not like pomegranate. They have left the fruit to rot on the tree. The bugs like pomegranate. Perhaps the [...]

Man’s imposition on nature and nature’s response. Screw it. I’ll just grow around it. I got time.

As we finalize plans for my father’s memorial service this Saturday, I have been thinking about him and his life. Over the fireplace in the living room of the house of memories, that is [...]

The world got darker at 7:00 am on Wednesday morning when my father, Allen Houk, passed away. He was an incredible father and an incredible man. He is the reason for all of the good qualities in [...]

RIP Johnny Clegg. Thought process: I read about his passing, remembered the lyric, saw the moon rising, grabbed my camera, shot this image with my dogs keeping watch, the mosquitoes biting, come [...]

Hospital visits are hard. Repeated hospital visits are harder. I’m not the first person to watch a loved one slipping away and I will not be the last. It’s not like anything you can [...]

Coming to invade my pecan tree.