An Englishman in Texas

From September 1985 to August 1987 I lived in the village of Otham in Kent, specifically in Hollytree House, a cottage situated on the imagi...

I occasionally suffer from diverticulitis. Small food particles become lodged inside pockets which, because I'm old, have formed in the ...

Phone pranks were what we did back when the telephone was the only available means of anonymous instantaneous communication. It involved cal...

I've been here ten years and I still don't fully understand bars. There's one called Boozehounds fairly close to where I live. T...

I'm heading back from McAllister Park and I pass the parking lot. I notice Carmen sat at one of the benches. Her bike is on its stand ne...

I wrote about Ollie back in November , and now he's gone. Bess and I first saw him as a tiny black kitten shooting across a street near ...

Despite living in San Antonio, Texas, I encounter other English people with some frequency. They tend to divide into two types - those with ...