Richard Mason

I had to throw away the first column I had written about how bad doing away with the U of A tennis program was and how it accomplished nothing. However, the tennis program has been reinstated -- thank goodness. I ended that column with, "Do you think the University of Texas would ever discontinue its tennis program? ... Of course not!"

As the years slowly slip by, it is easy to ignore the gradual climate changes as they occur and consider that these are just the extreme fluctuations of a normal environment. As you might say, "Just put up with it." Well, essentially, that's what we're doing. However, I believe the ultimate outcome from that lack of action will come back to haunt us.

As the years slip by, it is easy to ignore climate changes and consider that they are simply fluctuations of a normal environment. You might think we should just put up with it. That's what we're doing. However, the ultimate outcome from that lack of action will come back to haunt us.

Well, in case you haven't noticed, June 1 kicked off hurricane season. Of course, if you have never lived on the Gulf Coast, that's a "so what?" mental moment, and before we moved to South Texas, that is exactly what would cross my mind when someone mentioned "hurricane season." However, the day I went to work for Exxon in Kingsville, which is in South Texas, a hurricane came ashore north of Corpus Christi, Texas, and it affected a large area south of where it came ashore, with winds clocked at almost 70 mph. We actually spent our first night in Texas fleeing from a hurricane. A

I have seen cities and towns with the best sidewalks (Paris, France, comes to mind) and those in small villages near Benghazi, Libya, that were so undeveloped they didn't have sidewalks.

I have written about the incident that gives this column its name before, but it was several years ago. This is an updated version, which doesn't change things; it's just for folks like my daughter, Lara Mason, manager of the Downtown Guest Quarters, who had never heard this story.

June 1 was the start of hurricane season. If you have never lived on the Gulf Coast, that's a "so what?" moment, and before we moved to south Texas that is exactly what I thought.

I have written about the incident the gives this column its name before, but it was

This is an updated version of an incident I wrote about several years ago, for folks like my daughter Lara Mason. She and I were sitting in Vertis' bedroom talking when a big roach crawled up the outside screen door. We both commented about its size, which was about two inches.

If you grew up in the 50s or 60s I'm sure you remember the words to that hit song, "We will have these moments to remember........