Frisco, Texas, has many traditions. One that still stands the test of time and getting better is the annual Frisco Community Parade, which they usually do around this time of year every year in Old Town Frisco. I was there this morning.

Each time out, they usually have about 100 entries, including civic groups, school groups, veterans, first responders, and many of the city's greatest who make the parade a success. The city's police even set up metal fence...

Two weeks in rural China--October 1996

I'm not a writer, but I'll write this anyway, which may be
what I should have done four years ago, when the events were
fresher in my mind. Then again, maybe only the memorable is
left, and that's the part worth telling.

The first chapter of a travel book is the least interesting,
being more about the author than the place, and after all, I am
not so interesting that China would come to me. I went to China...