I recently posted on my Facebook page, Russell’s Stories, about the Rock & Roll Half-Marathon I ran with my sister, and it received so much attention that I decided to expand on how I stumbled into my ‘running life.’ The Read More …
English teachers were always my nemesis. Too many rules. Too much spelling. Not that I didn’t need them — I did. They were my only access to literature. I’ve written before that when I was in elementary school my learning Read More …
I’m a family nerd. I’ve spent my life putting my family first. Part of that included coaching my kids in their sports: Basketball, baseball, hockey, fast-pitch softball. My times with my kids on those teams have stayed with me. As Read More …
I published a story October 15 about growing up with a serious football fanatic, my mother. After my son Will read it, he decided that since I wrote about my mother’s idiosyncrasies, he should write about his father’s. In fairness, I have Read More …
As anyone who knows me will tell you, I talk too much. I’ve learned as I’ve grown older to control it, but I have to consciously discipline myself. Some would say I have much work still to do. No Off Read More …
As I watched the Longhorns defeat the Sooners, I remembered growing up with the Cowboys and Longhorns a big part of my life. I loved football as a little boy. My father really didn’t: he’d complain after my mother put Read More …
In the New York Times Book Review of August 24, there was an article entitled, “A Palestinian Neighbor Responds.” It’s a review of Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi. The reviewer describes Klein as “…a New York Read More …
When I was young, I loved Bugs Bunny cartoons. I remember Foghorn Leghorn speaking to a little hawk and denying that he was a chicken. “You don’t know what I am.” “I know what you are,” the young hawk said, Read More …
Caves are powerful motifs employed by humans ever since they began to tell stories. In Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi, Yoda insists Luke go into a dark cave. Luke asks Yoda what is in the cave. “Only what you Read More …
I grew up in Amarillo, the center of the Texas Panhandle. West of the Caprock, the land sits as flat as a table. The Rocky Mountains out to the west strip rain clouds of their moisture as they pass over, Read More …
This is another ridiculous story that re-emerged in my memory as I grew older. When you re-examine your life, funny episodes come to mind that mean more now than they did when they happened. Carl Jung explained that exceptions to Read More …
Do you remember when you were a little child and your parents took you to the carnival? Do you remember the boat ride for little children that went around in a circle? When I was very little, that was my Read More …
After a summer weekend babysitting my wonderful granddaughter, I broadcast with Sandy Lawrence and Aimee Ravichandran on Author Talk Monday with super energetic Judith Briles from Denver. We talked about her new book How To Create A $1,000,000 Speech and Read More …
Sandy Lawrence and Aimee Ravichandran helped Robert Andrews launch his new book Champion’s Mental Edge Saturday at River Oaks Bookstore. We previously talked to Robert on Author Talk: Robert’s book speaks not only to the athlete, but to how each Read More …
Nicholas Noecker wrote a short story about meeting Timothy Leary that he shared with me. It’s excellent, and he’s kind enough to allow me to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. — Read More …