Category Archives: Life Experience

The Greybeard Chronicles: Small Minds, Large Appetites

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Gene

I am in a McDonald’s…in a mall…in Mobile, Alabama. A girl with vacant eyes waits rather impatiently behind the counter for me to decide. “I will have a Number Two, please.” For the uninformed, that is two small cheeseburgers, fries … Continue reading →

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The Greybeard Chronicles: Will You Carry On, Sir?

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Gene

“Will you carry on, sir?” I am standing at the American Airlines ticket counter in Mobile, Alabama, getting my boarding pass so I can fly home to Dallas/Fort Worth for just the second time in nearly five months. Ordinarily, I … Continue reading →

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The Greybeard Chronicles: 50 Years of Sowing and Reaping

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Gene

Listen up, kids! A half century goes by faster than you think. One minute, you’re doing a cannonball in the Brazos River. The next, you’re praying your wife does not put fifty candles on that carrot cake: Not just because … Continue reading →

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The Greybeard Chronicles: The Prince of Thieves in the Land of Venti

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Gene

Once upon a time (this morning), in a land far, far away (Mobile, Alabama), a handsome young prince – or pauper, if you will (yours truly), journeyed (by pickup) to a dark swamp in a dense forest (Starbucks) where highway … Continue reading →

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