Six days ago, six days before your writer scribbles this on his computer, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport recorded a low temperature of -1. Let that sink in for a moment.

Minus. One.

Minus.

One.

You just don't get that type of temperature every day (or every year, for that matter) in North Texas. Yet, that's where we were, as Mother Nature wanted to play head games with Americans and those pretending...

Trust is something that is extremely difficult to come by anymore. Over the past 50 yrs I've tried to be a kind and trusting soul. It has never pd off. Every time I trust someone I get hurt. And every time I get hurt I'm reminded why I shouldn't trust people at all anymore. I don't think God designed us to be alone for all eternity. But that's how it's beginning to look here for me.

After some recent events I have decided I'm done trusting people. After all these years I've decided...

I know several people who have moved from LA to Phoenix. The main reason? It's less expensive.

I've only completed 5 books in 2021!! My goal is to complete 200 books. Warren Buffett's advice to read 200 books annually has lingered since I first learned of it in 2017. In 2017, I read 97 books. I thought it best to work my way up to 200 books once I surpassed reading 100 books. So this will be the year I achieve it. Still hope exists. The first 5 books didn't thrill me and that's never a pleasant experience: reading a book you don't like. But this 6th book has diced the reading slump. Yea!!...

Usually, when we get to Fat Tuesday, Ol' Case would have a tradition of meeting at Pappadeaux with a work friend or two, wear some beads, and share some great Cajun food. And you already know about what folks in New Orleans and Galveston do every year when Mardi Gras takes center stage.

Such has not been the case this year, and for two chief reasons. Number one, COVID has made any Fat Tuesday celebration reduced to virtual status. Secondly, Mardi Gras had...