Even though I haven’t posted a blog since December, I have been writing like a mad woman. Today I write from a condo on the Texas coast in Port Aransas having arrived Sunday night. The plan is to spend the rest of this week focused on cranking out the … Continue reading All Things Must Pass
Dr. Allan W. Hook
Allan William Hook
Allan passed away this morning at 2:10. With us at home were his best man, Kelly Scott, and his esteemed colleague, Bill Quinn. Obituary for Dr. Allan W. Hook In lieu of flowers/plants, please consider a contribution to the Dr. Allan W. Hook Endowed Wild Basin Creative Research Fund: http://bit.ly/1KR8YDv (Choose OTHER for donation then type … Continue reading Allan William Hook
Votary of Nature
A lack of time continues to creep up on me and this is a now or never post so I hope it ends up making sense. In my last blog, I said I'd be writing about God and religion with the caveat that there would be no preaching, soapboxes, or soul saving. Given the enormity … Continue reading Votary of Nature
Calling for Hook Stories
Do you have a story you'd be willing to share about Hook or Allan or Al or Dr. Hook? If so, I'd love to receive it via email so I could: Read these to Hook. He seems to enjoy having me read to him just before he dozes off. (I read to him all of … Continue reading Calling for Hook Stories
The Gift of Time
There was this whole story I was concocting in my head about how to lead you to the updated news. Perhaps if I had cried less in the last month I could muster the enthusiasm and passion I normally feel, but since I’ve had to put my big girl panties on then I’m going to … Continue reading The Gift of Time
From Room 232
The frustration with hospitals is that they are in the business of treating patients instead of people and those closest to the front lines, nurses and technicians, get caught in the political middle ... but the body that pays is the one strapped to a bed completely dependent upon those around him. FRIDAY late afternoon: … Continue reading From Room 232