The Loss and The Key
June 24, 2021I have survived both bladder and thyroid cancer. A ruptured appendix many years ago almost did me in, and I…The Miracle of 144th District Court
May 19, 2021The sun was shining and the birds were singing as I rode my bicycle on that bright spring morning near…Near the end
April 13, 2021My drinking was in full bloom during my last years with the Express and News. This was during the early…The Fighters
December 10, 2020I have known and written about all manner of characters over the years. One of the most notorious was Arthur…Hondo Crouch
September 6, 2020Ask me if I knew Hondo Crouch, and you might get a half-straight answer or a half-crooked one. I don’t…Me, Willie, Texas Girl, and the Devil
August 3, 2020This is about Willie Nelson, Texas Girl Magazine, and my face-to-face meeting with the Devil in Jackson, Michigan. It will…Larry Patton
July 11, 2020Former San Antonio musician Larry Patton is having a rough time of it with fourth stage metastatic melanoma, a deadly…My Years on KEXL Radio
June 25, 2020Immediately after my firing at the Express and News I was in shock. I knew I couldn’t feed myself if…Alan Brown knocks out homicide cop
June 17, 2020When I was a cub reporter with the San Angelo Standard-Times in West Texas I learned a basic truth about…The book progresses
May 22, 2020My involvement with San Antonio’s world fair--HemisFair 68--actually started in 1967 when a group of business people sent me to…
