World of McCool

You’ve got to take a look at the sun. Burning brilliantly and slinging us along beside it on its journey across the universe. We watch it come and go across the skies, often forgetting what it is and what it does for us. People have always worshipped the sun. It […]

I’ve been hanging out in New Braunfels for the last few days, basking in the splendor of the springtime weather and bathing in the cool waters of the Comal. I can’t even begin to explain how awesome it is around here. Laurie and Phil live within a short walk to Prince Solms Park, […]

I recently received news that my friend Cleo Crouch passed away. Many people who read this site knew Cleo personally, and I know that every one of them would testify to how wonderful a man he was. We are all sorry for this loss, though we rejoice at the same time that he […]

It was good to see Waco again. That skyline that got stuck in the nineteen fifties greeted me humbly as I rolled into town, riding with Travis to Ninfa’s. We had come back up from New Braunfels the night before, staying at his new house out by Highway 6. It was strange […]

I was not long back in the digital plane of reality when I was invited on an adventure into the natural world, which I couldn’t turn down. Big Bend is a sacred place, where the air is quiet and clean, the stars are brilliant and infinite, and echoes of the ages are imprinted on […]