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Native Son: Ruminations from Mexico

By Steven Chamblee • March 14, 2018

Just landed stateside from seven days in Yucatan. Cancun to Chichen Itza to Merida; returning through Mani and a mind-altering maze of tiny villages. Part vacation; part research for my …

Native Son: February 15, 2018

By Steven Chamblee • February 15, 2018

So…it all started when I agreed to do an overnight road trip to Beaumont to give a program to the Magnolia Garden Club. I hoped the trip would provide fodder …

Native Son: Atonement

By Steven Chamblee • January 17, 2018

A few months ago, and a thousand miles away, I entered the same grocery store where I first shoplifted. I remember well that it was 1972, and I stole a …

Native Son: The Mystery of Mark Essence

By Steven Chamblee • December 20, 2017

Today, I find myself lamenting the late Andy Rooney (1919-2011), that inquisitive fellow who used to wrap up the 60 Minutes television show with a brief segment of whimsical satire …

Native Son: Postcards from the Road

By Steven Chamblee • November 15, 2017

Six days; five presentations; nine new friends; 1397.2 miles. Solo round-trip from Weatherford to Brownsville…the scenic route. All that remains is a head full of memories and a few tattered …

Native Son: October 19, 2017

By Steven Chamblee • October 16, 2017

A Texas Adventure for Hemlock Holmes & Dodder Watson It was another dark and stormy night, and I’m sure Neil Sperry thought to himself, “It sure seems to rain a …

Native Son: September 21, 2017

By Steven Chamblee • September 20, 2017

Still under the emotional influence of my 40th high school reunion the night before, Michael Brice, my best friend from those days, coaxed me into trading a day of watching …

Native Son: Hemlock Holmes and Dodder Watson

By Steven Chamblee • August 22, 2017

A Horticultural Murder Mystery…To Die For! It was a dark and stormy night…and I watched from a covered porch across the street as Mary Gold, wearing an Irish Petticoat, paced …

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