In 2006, I moved back to Houston after a two-year ex-pat assignment in The Hague (NL). In my new Houston assignment, I managed the North Region gas trading and marketing department. One of the roles I had within Shell was to work with the Broadwater Energy project team. Broadwater was an LNG …
Moving
November was a month of change for my family. My daughter, son-in-law, and their three children moved from Austin to the northeast. It was sad to say goodbye, but their future is bright. My son-in-law defended his dissertation and completed his Ph.D. in engineering after more than five years of …
A Different Kind of Church
I have not been to church since March. Well, what I mean is that I have not been inside my church building since the pandemic shutdown last March. The church building still resides along Exposition Road with its steeple and red brick exterior. The lawn still gets mowed and the air conditioning …
Dichotomy
I enjoy things that work properly. If a clock doesn’t work right, I try my best to fix it. Do the batteries need replacing? Is it programmed correctly? Even though there are plenty of clocks around the house, I want all to be working as they were designed. When the time changes twice each year, I …