Red Rock
Train Trestles (the lucky shot)
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009In late Spring we would go and pick blackberries along the railroad tracks near the trestles that crossed White Oak bayou near 34th Street. Once my brothers and a few of our friends got hungry and decided to forage for some berries to eat. It was hot and we where sweaty and sandy from a […]
Red Rock Christmas Story
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008I got a call from my brother Billy asking me about a Christmas story I wrote years ago. He said he told the story to someone else and they wanted a copy of it. Took me two weeks to search through all my writings but I found it today. It was among the old “Follow Your […]
The Big Fish
Sunday, November 30th, 2008Well, I better finish this fish story while I’m still remembering it. Thanks for the comments everyone. Back on Red Rock, before the pause, this had happened: “Walt, he’s just smelling the bait. Wait, Walt”. He sensed my impatience. Then a moment later, “Sluooop”… the cork sounded and disappeared under the water. “Now!” Rich hollered. I jerked back […]
Big Brother (Begining of the Big Fish)
Monday, November 24th, 2008I hope you arn’t expecting to read something of the Government conspiricy nature from this particular post. Maybe some other time. no, this is more of a personal post. Once along time ago I went fishing with my two brothers at our favorite spot. Red Rock on the White Oak bayou at the (then) edge of Houston’s city […]