Sitting here in Longview, eyes adjusted to the blue glow, with waves of raindrops cheering like a stadium crowd on the tin roof over my shoulder … the wind rushes …
1:53am … the beast emits a low, guttural growl, enough to rouse me from a peaceful slumber into a blind panic. I stumble down the pitch-black hallway into the dim …
You never know what the day will bring. I thought we were having a Longview Arboretum Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at the office today, but the volunteers had other ideas. They …
Went down to San Antonio last week for the annual Texas Nursery and Landscape Association -TNLA- EXPO. This industry-only event (not open to the public) brings growers, retailers, landscapers, and …
I took a little jaunt down to Nacogdoches, Texas, the other day to give a talk. Nac is a pretty little town, one of those places where I feel connected, …
A friend of mine acquired a rather magnificent, multi-fingered Bald Cypress knee. Unfortunately, three of its appendages had broken and weren’t properly mended. I boldly announced that I thought I …
Life gives us some truly fine moments every now and again, and this is one for me. Sitting in that chunky, Texas-sized rockin’ chair out on the back porch, watching …
A few months ago, it was still just a figment of my imagination. Today, it finally received its first plants. What was an unruly drainage swale a year ago became …