Gatewood Press

12/10/2025

Looking Ahead: I'm picking up my gear and getting busy once again.

Two years ago, in November, I hiked to the top of Gudalupe Peak, the tallest mountain in Texas. I got up the next day and did a seven-mile hike. Five months later, I had an abdominal aortic aneurysm repaired. I shut down. I haven’t been on a monumental hike since. Lots of short ones, but nothing l...

12/09/2025

We're having a sale on all our mugs. It ends Friday. We reduced prices and shipping is free. www.gatewoodpress.com/store/winter-blitz

12/09/2025

We're having a sale on all our mugs. It ends Friday. We reduced prices and shipping is free. www.gatewoodpress.com/store/winter-blitz

12/09/2025

Getting On: I get an early wake up, and it's all my fault.

Made a tactical error before bed last night. Ate some spice drops, my candy treat. Sure enough right about 1:30 the sugar hit my system, and up I popped. I know better than to eat before bed, but the drops were there on the counter begging to be eaten. I obliged. My suddenly awake brain thought it w

12/08/2025

Losing Letters: A few keys are bare, but I still know what they mean and where to find them.

I’ve worn the letters c, d, l, and k off my computer keyboard. You would think e would have been the first to go since it’s the most used letter in the English language. But I’m betting the demise of d, l, and k has something to do with the fact that my fingers rest on them as I type. J and F ...

12/07/2025

Setting Goals: The past informs the present and helps me see the future

An inevitable consequence of aging is the increasing number of Sad Anniversaries peppering my life. I’ve lost acquaintances, friends and family. And not only have I suffered losses, but my friends have suffered losses, and the closer they are to me, the more I know about them. And because we’re ...

12/06/2025

Asphalt and Concrete: The roads are coming. The traffic is coming. They'll call it prosperity.

There was a time when the noise of the highway down the street from us abated. Late at night and early in the morning. Those days are gone. The sound of rubber on asphalt comes at all hours now. The road between Johnson City and Fredericksburg, once country, has a winery and tasting room for nearly

12/05/2025

Still Playing: I've stepped away from TV, but the phone is in my pocket.

Television, once central to my life, is no longer. I go days sometimes without turning on the television. I think it started when I cut the cable cord. Streaming is slightly more complicated. You have to remember what service has what show. And you can binge them, so with one good evening you can co

12/04/2025

Seasonal Work: A few words on false spring and new book plans.

It’s raining and everything is oddly green given that it’s December. But we’ve yet to have a freeze. So, rain and cool weather have the grass excited and growing. A reverse version of spring. And no cold is on the horizon either. So, I’ll probably need to mow at some point, although that’s...

12/03/2025

Keeping Up: I'm learning how to hold it and where to stand with my AI tool.

AI wins again. I had a batch of Word Files. I wanted a field inserted into the header of each document. I knew it could be done because five years ago I paid someone to write me a VBA macro to do a similar task. This time I simply asked ChatGPT for help. Quick as a wink I had a program. We gave it a

12/01/2025

Well Read: Where did all those words I read really go?

Once upon a time I considered myself a well-read man, a reader of the great books. But that feeling has long since dissipated. I’m unable to quote passages from favorite poems or phrases from favorite books. I can’t site references from memory. The words I’ve read from the books and poems I’...