Where The Wild Things Are

In our North Dallas neighborhood, apparently… This sign is currently by the side of the road in Far, Far North Dallas…on Davenport…north of Campbell and south of Frankfort. And while many reading this entry might find it incredulous that such warnings are necessary, we can speak from experience… There’s critters ’round these here parts. As […]

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Dennise is 40!!!

Musical credits: David Wilcox: “Heart Shaped Medallion” from the CD, “Home Again” Tommy Emmanuel: “Since We Met” from the CD, “Only” Pierce Pettis: “You Are Family” from the CD, “Chase the Bufallo” Political Ad Music: Ron Bobbitt, Piano Compositions Dixie Chicks: “The Long Way” from the CD, “Taking the Long Away Around” Indigo Girls: “Free […]

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Theo is Here!

This is what my brother-in-law Chris called to tell us yesterday morning. Theo was born yesterday at about 4 am. Dennise, Maria and me made a quick (and surprise) visit yesterday afternoon, since we had the day off and Denise was feeling better. Here are pics from my Dad… Please visit Eric’s original blog here: […]

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Holy Hail, Batman!

We got some pretty serious rain through here last night, but nothing like what my sister and her husband, Chris, got down in Austin. On her picture blog, she sez this: Quite a storm blew through Austin at 1 am on May 15, 2008. Everything facing west got the brunt of the wind and hail […]

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All’s Well

Thanks for the many notes and emails about Dennise’s surgery. It’s now Wednesday night, and Maria and I have just returned from the hospital and a late afternoon visit. The surgery went perfectly…no complications. There is a pathology being run, but the doc says, from the looks of things, no bad news is expected. Dennise […]

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Your Prayers and Happy Thoughts, Please.

The Judge will be going into a Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday, for surgery to remove an ovarian cyst. She’s expected to be there there until at least through Friday, possibly Saturday. Please pray for Dennise, the surgeons and staff, and Maria and me. More later, after we’re home…and probably no other entries for some days…EF […]

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Right on Wright

Tonight, Dennise and Maria were watching TV, and some clips of Rev. Jeremiah Wright came on from his National Press Club appearance last night. Among other things, these were clips where he was again blaming the government for AIDS, and calling American soldiers terrorists. The following is a mostly verbatim transcription of the conversation that […]

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Merry Christmas from Eric, Maria and Dennise

Hello everyone, It’s Eric and Dennise’s annual Christmas letter. We hope this letter finds you and yours doing well. As you may have noticed, this letter was not so “annual” last year. As the holidays approached, we just couldn’t find the energy to get a letter done. But a year later, we’re much more rested. […]

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