I know we've shifted from the Thanksgiving holiday to the Christmas season, but a recent community event in which I and other coworkers were involved provided a fertile scenario for story or story scene ideas. This was a community Thanksgiving dinner event that our fledgling catering department was in charge of cooking for and serving. … Continue reading Giving Thanks For The Abundance of Story
Story Hiding In Plain Sight
The idea of little stories in everyday life can be a great resource for starting a larger story, a scene, or just remind or inspire us of our own experiences that we can take down the road for story. Take this short scenario of one of the summer meal sites here in Converse (San Antonio … Continue reading Story Hiding In Plain Sight
A Throwback To President’s Day
In the top of my closet at home is a round oatmeal-style cardboard container with a lid that holds one of my prized possessions as a child collector of interesting historical items. When I was growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas as a child, there was a grocery store chain that was issuing to customers … Continue reading A Throwback To President’s Day
Remembering The Big Chill of ’21
Going through some of my photos the other day on my phone, I noticed a prompt that wanted to take me back to a year ago. That was the big winter blast that hit Texas and much of the south with single-digit highs and 3-5 inches of snow in the San Antonio and south Texas … Continue reading Remembering The Big Chill of ’21
My Storm Farm 