Not-So-Sweet Arrangements
You need to know I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it,” the 60-ish man is saying, while insisting again that his identity be...
Honoring Their Service
These days, everyone knows — or thinks they know — the script for returning veterans. They come back from deployment and try to fit...
Young Nudists Rising
I pulled up to the strip mall at the predetermined meeting time of midnight. All but one of the Mid-Cities area retail spaces was...
Bad Air Day
On a crisp Saturday morning, Delga Park, just north of downtown Fort Worth, was beautiful. The deep blue sky was spattered with cumulus clouds,...
Late to Class? Off to Court!
When high school sophomore Brandon Jefferson’s parents split up and his mother’s rheumatoid arthritis worsened to the point that she couldn’t get out of...
Caught in a Trap
Susan and Jenny fought earlier that night. It was nothing unusual for this mother and 16-year-old daughter. But that Tuesday in July of 2015...
Mourning Dark
When one is in the nosebleed section of the human lifespan, not returning a phone message for days can be worrisome. When I had...
Flight of Fancy
In North Fort Worth, past the Stockyards and just a couple of blocks off Main Street, on Ross Avenue, there’s a small museum on...
Happy Trails, Lil
The big hair, thunderous voice, hot-pink fingernails, flashing eyes, and indomitable spirit remained steadfast to the end for Lynda Farr Arnold, better known as...
The Great Divide
Less than three miles separate the campuses of two leading seminaries that call Fort Worth home, but their philosophies are a world apart. One...
