A year or so ago I developed a drinking problem.
( If my Mom ever sees this she'll be calling everyone in the family to proclaim my confession and acknowledge that she has known this for years. And years. And years. )
Anyway, it has nothing to do with alcohol and everything to do with Wichita Falls, […]

Growing up in the wilds of Arkansas gave me a natural inclination towards fishing, and I took clear advantage of any opportunity that came along.
One Saturday, my Uncle Forest and I decided to take a trip out to my Uncle Emmett's ( his brother ) pond to try our luck. As with most fish and […]

Some time last year I was out with my Dad trying to find a newborn calf so that we could verify its sex and put a tag in its ear for identification purposes.
When a cow has a calf, they will hide it to keep predators from finding it. This sometimes makes it rather difficult to find […]

A funny thing happened to me last week.  What started out as a typical lunch with friends took a completely and unforeseen turn to the unbelievable.
It all started as I headed to lunch with three friends at one of our favorite eateries.
Not quite half way there, I noticed a rather warm sensation developing on my […]

First off, let me make it clear that these aren't really adventures, they are more like observations. I'm writing the story, not Jimmy, mostly because squirrels don't word process at a high-level these days.  Secondly, who in the heck is going to pick up a story called, "The Observations of a Squirrel Named Jimmy?"  So, […]

So I'm in the original Sunny Bryan's on Inwood the other day and when the lady took my order she asked me for my initial. 'M', I replied. She looks at her pad and back up and me and said, "I already have an 'M', give me different one." I became momentarily confused and distressed […]

So I'm driving through the streets of Coppell, Texas the other day when I passed by the pasture off Denton Tap Road where the guy has his cows. Cows, you say? In Coppell, Texas? Of course, I say. Black Angus cows. ( for you city folk, those are the BLACK ones. ) That Agriculture exception […]