ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY

By Forest Riggs Like it or not, Thanksgiving is here and if ever there is a special day to bring out all the dysfunction in a family (a “traditional†family,

By Forest Riggs These days it seems as if everyone—and I do mean everyone—is overwhelmed, overworked, frustrated, angry, fed-up, depressed, aggravated and not happy. Aside from politics, scandals, lies, name-calling

By Forest Riggs Chances are, if you live on the Island or have visited and attended any of the many venues for drag, illusions and impersonations, you have seen some

By Forest Riggs The calendar tells us that summer has gone and fall has arrived. For island dwellers and southeast Texans, we beg to differ. Locals jokingly say, “Sure, we

By Forest Riggs Lately it seems that everywhere we look there is some cataclysmic event or catastrophic threat that is wreaking havoc upon the earth and we, the inhabitants. To

By Forest Riggs One-hundred seventeen years ago, the Great Storm of 1900 rose out of the Gulf of Mexico and wreaked havoc on the small, bar island of Galveston. Thousands

By Forest Riggs The end of summer and the high temperatures of August are truly upon us. Can it get any hotter? Will it get any hotter? The intense heat