As I went through all the pictures I had collected over 60 years, I realized all the other things I have collected as well. At the time I collected...

I am sure Miss Opal Horton never realized she began and ended my music career by having me sing solo on the second stanza of “Faith of Our Fathers” in church service on a...

Many of the English teachers we had would be horrified by the butchering of the grammar they taught us. It is not only the students who make the mistakes, but teachers are...

How do you put into words your pride of being the father of children of whom you are proud? My kids have given me so many reasons to be proud. I...

The saying “You can’t go home again” seems very true now that I have moved back to the place where I grew up. After a 20-year absence, Lubbock is...

I was on a slow train to Pusan, Korea. We got off the train and were put on a L.S.T. ship, a smaller ship with three doors in the front. The two...

Our lives seem to be ruled by expiration dates. The things we do and the things we eat all seem to eventually expire. Thank goodness we don’t know...

Happiness Was Lubbock, Texas I really feel inadequate writing about the musicians from Lubbock in the ‘50s and ‘60s. I will limit my article to...