Many years ago, my twin brother, Roger, and his wife, Shirley, moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee. One day, they stopped at a McDonald’s to get coffee. Shirley went to the counter and ordered a “regular coffee.” The young man behind the counter, without looking up, says, “One senior coffee!” Shirley, not yet fifty, seriously contemplated pulling him over the counter when Roger asked, “How much is that?” to which the clerk replied, 19...

“Not another one,” I muttered under my breath. Lynne asked. “A pop-up ad for a-soon-to-be-released horror movie sequel coming out hit my Facebook feed.” The first “I Know What You Did Last Summer” movie hit the screens in 1997. A year after running over a fisherman and dumping his body in the water, one of the four friends gets a letter telling them someone witnessed their crime. I think there’s a Scripture for that: “. . . be sure your sin...

“Galveston Beach Patrol confirms fifth tourism-season drowning,” read the headline of the online publication of The Daily News of Galveston County on June 21, 2024. These five drownings in Galveston occurred from Memorial Day weekend until the end of June. In all five incidents, it would appear the drownings resulted from existing “rip current” conditions. Swimmers ignored the posted red flags and entered the water where they were then caught...