Unedited Footage of a Downtown Street

Scenes from a Houston street at night.

LUNCHTIME AT STANTON'S CITY BITES 1

Lunchtime at a Houston favorite.

UNEDITED FOOTAGE OF A PARKING LOT AT NIGHT

A parking lot at night, in the rain.

UNEDITED FOOTAGE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD

A neighborhood in Houston, Texas.

Unedited Footage of The Flood

Hurricane flooding in Houston. Briar Forest Drive looking east, toward the intersection with Gessner Road. Recorded on September 3, 2017.

FINAL CUT

Final Cut - A family moviemaking tradition comes to an end

From Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, September 11, 2017 issue.

New Orleans’ Queen of Creole Cooking Still Reigns at 94

A great story about a great chef and a great person. Leah Chase, chef and co-owner of Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans.

The Moundville Archaeological Park

Taking a break from the hurricane for a few minutes. This is a short video about a late-prehistoric site in Alabama.

Bernstein, The greatest 5 min. in music education

I often lament not paying closer attention in music theory class. This is a good five-minute substitute.

Unedited Footage of A Rose

The first post-hurricane rose bloom. Notice the sandbags still in the background.

SANDBAGS BEFORE THE STORM

Lowe's said they were sold out of sand. Which was true, but the lawn and garden section had bags of paving sand and paving base. The bags worked just fine.

A Conversation with John le Carré and Ben McIntyre

A Conversation with John le Carré and Ben McIntyre, The New York Times

Buying Gas Before The Storm

The scene outside Costco in Houston yesterday morning.

Maddow: Racism Is 'A Persistent Infection' In White American Culture | R...

UNEDITED FOOTAGE OF THE SKY

Unedited Footage From a Bookstore #1

No Nazi Scumbags Allowed In The US Military | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Is The Gig Economy Working?

The internet and all of its accouterments has transformed many things, not the least of which is the way we work. Work in all of its forms has been revolutionized, but the question remains - is this new way of working really working?

Is The Gig Economy Working? - by Nathan Heller, The New Yorker

Proverbs

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys 

good things, 

but the unfaithful have a craving 

for violence.

Proverbs 13:2

Encouraging Good Writers

What Parents Can Do to Nurture Good Writers. An interview by Dana Goldstein. The New York Times, August 2, 2017. Read the article here.