May 7, 2021 - Growing up in deep East Texas during the late 1940s did not allow me to learn much about the sport of golf, or “cow pasture pool” as it was known around these parts. There were no golf courses around the area and no one in my immediate family played golf, so the game was foreign to me until the year 1950. I met a man who introduced me to golf clubs and balls. He was a well-dressed gentleman who owned an insurance agency in town. His name was Bill Polley.

February 5, 2021 - In the year 2000 my computer did not crash, nor did the world come to an end as was predicted by many people. However, I did visit the Crescent City in June for the very first time. I have lived within a four-hour drive but never felt the urge to actually visit the city until my daughter, Kay, called me with some news.

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”  (Hebrews 13:2)

September 24, 2020 - Around January of 1974 my insurance company transferred me to our new office in Littleton, Colorado. Living in Colorado was a blast for our family. My wife, Clara, had taken a job at Denver Children’s Hospital in downtown Denver. She was working for the chief cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. George Pappas, as his secretary and assistant. It was a very exciting, though stressful position.

September 3, 2020 - Our daughter, Kay, was about three months old when Clara and I decided it was time to show her off to her maternal relatives who lived way out in west Texas, namely Lamesa and Plainview. That is quite a long trek from San Augustine, especially with a three month old baby. Nevertheless, it seemed the right thing to do at the time.