- December 1, 2016Fireplaces – is yours safe and in good shape? The overwhelming majority of fireplaces in our part of the country…
- November 1, 2016Is your house ready for a new President?! As citizens of this great country, we have the privilege of voting.…
- October 1, 2016Mitchell writes and asks, “Why are the corners of the foundation of my house cracked? Is something wrong with my…
- September 1, 2016The first one appeared in 1690 in a London publication called The Athenian Gazette. The name of the publication was…
- August 18, 2016During the years of my upbringing in southwest Houston, my dad owned a number of small rent houses in the…
- June 3, 2016Both my Irish great-grandfather and grandfather (we called them both “Bampaw”) were heavy pipe-smokers. I grew up smelling the aroma…
- June 2, 2016Peaks and valleys. Life is full of them. Not “literal” peaks and valleys, but metaphors for highs and lows, joys…
- June 1, 2016Every human being has a heart with arteries which carry blood away from the heart to other tissues and organs.…
- May 1, 2016Historic flooding all over the Houston area again… streets turned into rivers… overflowing bayous and creeks… people stranded… dramatic rescues……
- April 1, 20162016 marks the 80th birthday of the first commercial use of the word “dumpster.” The word came from two brothers…