During my walks, I see fire hydrants — sometimes in unusual places. This one was in a plaza midway between a restaurant’s outdoor patio...

Seeing everyone in masks these days made me wonder what it would have been like to wear a mask at the annual Carnival in Venice....

I see a sign at a luxury apartment complex “Happy Days Are Ahead.” Maybe it expresses genuine encouragement for apartment residents or...

I pass a guy talking on the phone. All I can hear of his conversation is “My bad.” This colloquialism has been around for a few years,...

Every morning when I walk through the Vitruvian Park amphitheatre, frequently there is a trainer helping a client work out — often using...

There are a couple of waterfalls in Vitruvian Park, and I never tire of gazing at them. Something about the rush of moving water is...

There is a lot of landscaping on the trails I walk, including many different kinds of shrubs. Here are a few according to Texas...

I often walk by construction crews erecting new buildings or utility crews working in a ditch. They remind me of Ditch Witch, a piece of...

As I walk the trails, I see animals and people with different personalities. According to The Meyers-Briggs Co., today the Meyers Briggs...

Every day when I pass a certain tree in Vitruvian Park, I hear “rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat.” I know it is a woodpecker, but I have...

Since I have been wearing a mask while walking, it is more difficult to greet people as I pass by. The sound from my mask is often...

The sidewalk artists are at it again! This time it is an ode to the friendship of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. A. A. Milne wrote...

On the Brookhaven College trail today, I saw a man walking a beautiful collie. Humble Origins in the Scottish Highlands According to...

Last Thursday, 16 of the members from my Sunday school class at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church went to an Italian restaurant for our...

This evening around 8 p.m., my walking partner Marilu Cleaver and I heard in the distance a lilting melody played by a unique instrument...

Early in the morning on the Brookhaven College trail, a park employee rolls by me in a golf cart on the grass median to empty trash bins....

According to Feeding America, food insecurity refers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s measure of lack of access — at times — to...

This pandemic has certainly changed our priorities. For those who normally get their hair dyed professionally, gray roots are starting to...

The soccer complex at Brookhaven College is located on the east part of the campus and features a National Junior College Athletic...

Whoever lives in this apartment knows how to escape from his or her surroundings. And it’s obvious that the place he or she would rather...