Author: Ron Rozelle

I recently reread and was again inspired by two very different literary works which both chronicle the amazing life of a man who died 846 years ago today. Thomas Becket’s life and death have provided rich material for storytellers for almost a millennia. Born in the Cheapside sector of London he was sent by one of … Continue reading A good man, a powerful story, and a pair of fine wordsmiths

     I don’t know what the weather will be like when you read this, but as I’m writing it is a gray, dreary business outside.  And there is an abundance of thick fog. My neighborhood as I walked through it this early morning was dismal indeed, with skeletal trees coming up at me out … Continue reading Fog up the river, fog down the river

This week brings with it a trio of pretty important annual milestones for lots of folks.  First came the first official day of winter, followed quickly by Christmas Eve and Christmas day. While the designated first day of winter might not be as obvious down here on the gulf coast as it is in, say, … Continue reading Winter magic, even in warm weather

  As I write this, a norther is tumbling its way down the continent from the arctic. But right now it is early in the morning, way before daylight.  The other living things in this house – one wife and two cats – are fast asleep and the only sounds in the place are the tapping … Continue reading The chilling confessions of a weather junkie

Let me begin by admitting, right up front, to being unashamedly and unrepentantly on the lookout for cheap books. More accurately, I am constantly in the market for good books at cheap prices. Some of the best treasures on my shelves came from clearance tables at bookstores.   And from garage sales, where I’ve dug my … Continue reading Reading on the cheap

I gladly yield my blog today to Doctors Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen, who confirmed something that I had already figured out but am happy to see in print. Here’s their recent posting, which also appears in today’s Houston Chronicle StarHealth section: Reading Makes You Healthier and Happier There's reading — and then there's reading … Continue reading Good news from the Great Oz

Sometimes in the fall or winter when I’m driving along country roads or through little towns an old, sweet aroma works its way through the air vents in my car and makes me smile. Some of you who think you’ve got my number are assuming it’s a food smell – barbeque or some such – … Continue reading The sweetest of the senses

When you gather with your family today, I’ll wager that more than a few of you will be thinking, much of the time, of other Thursdays. This will depend on your age, of course, and on the number of Thanksgivings that you have enjoyed.  Or survived. I’ve logged a good many Turkey Days, myself.  And, … Continue reading At Thanksgiving

  If you are of a certain age I’ll bet you know exactly where you were 53 years ago this morning. I was in Miss Lillie Belle’s  classroom when the big PA speaker on the wall crackled to life and my father, the superintendent, told us that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas.  Somebody … Continue reading A day like no other

  Back when my first name was Coach instead of Mister at the school where I am still soldiering on toward retirement, I took my varsity tennis players on a field trip to Houston. This was in the early 1980’s and John McEnroe was playing in an exhibition match.  I figured that watching that young … Continue reading Perspective