Books Read in 2026 - 18 (13 Regular / 5 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)

"Kindle Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading

"Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Location

"Tommy Bowman:  Answering The Call" by Chad S. Conine (Finished January 7) - Amazon.com
"Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War" by Peter Harmsen (Finished January 8) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports" by Cyd Ziegler (Finished January 12) - Amazon.com
"The Cost of Colors: A Coach's Story" by Ronnie Mitchem (Finished January 12) - Humble Half Price Books

"My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer" by Steve Garvey with Ken Gurnick and Candace Garvey (Finished January 14) - Humble Half Price Books

"Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference" by Cal Ripken, Jr. with Donald T. Phillips (Finished January 15) - Oh Goodie A Book
"The Sacred Acre:  The Ed Thomas Story" by Mark Tabb with The Ed Thomas Family (Finished January 20) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Courtly Love:  A Profile of Coach Marsha Sharp" by Nancy Laine Price (Finished January 20) - Pearland Half Price Books

"Speak with No Fear:  Go from a nervous, nauseated, and sweaty speaker to an excited, energized, and passionate presenter" by Mike Acker (Finished January 21) - Amazon Prime
"Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration" by Don E. Albrecht (Finished January 22) - Amazon.com

"Native American Major Leaguers" edited by Rob Daugherty and Bill Nowlin (Finished January 26) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Wards of the League:  The Untold Story of the First NFL Team in Dallas" by Mike Cobern (Finished February 2) - Amazon.com

"A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace" by Ralph Branca with David Ritz (Finished February 3) - Humble Half-Price Books

"Mornings with Madden:  My Radio Life with an American Legend" by Stan Bunger (Finished February 19) - Christmas Gift

"Henry Aaron" edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks (Finished February 22) - Society for American Baseball Research

"You Got To Have Wa" by Robert Whiting (Finished February 24) - Humble Half-Price Books
"The Astronaut Wives Club" by Lily Koppel (Finished March 5) - Personal Collection
"How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter" by Luke Stoffel (Finished March 10) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com

Daily Reading Efforts - March 2026

3/10/2026 (103 pages)

Concussion (Pages 3-36) - 269pp

How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter (Pages 193-236; Kindle)

In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped (Pages 133-149) - 181pp

My Toughest Battle:  A Soldier's Lifelong Struggle with Polio (Pages vii-xii, 3-4) - 249pp

3/9/2026 (64 pages)

How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter (Pages 169-192; Kindle)

In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped (Pages 108-132) - 181pp

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church (Pages 224-238) - 261pp

3/8/2026 (53 pages)

How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter (Pages 125-168; Kindle)

In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped (Pages 99-107) - 181pp

3/7/2026 (85 pages)

How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter (Pages 83-124; Kindle)

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church (Pages 210-223) - 261pp

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 132-153) - 270pp

You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State (Pages 56-62) - 101pp

3/6/2026 (90 pages)

How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter (Pages 42-82; Kindle)

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church (Pages 161-209) - 261pp

3/5/2026 (150 pages)

How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter (Pages 4-41; Kindle)

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church (Pages 134-160) - 261pp

The Astronaut Wives Club (Pages 218-302)

3/4/2026 (98 pages)

How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women (Pages 191-228; Kindle)

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church (Pages 74-133) - 261pp

3/3/2026 (56 pages)

How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women (Pages 163-190; Kindle)

The Astronaut Wives Club (Pages 190-217) - 270pp

3/2/2026 (91 pages)

How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women (Pages 126-162; Kindle)

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church (Pages 20-73) - 261pp

3/1/2026 (74 pages)

How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women (Pages 94-125; Kindle)

The Astronaut Wives Club (Pages 179-189) - 270pp

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 101-131) - 270pp

Miles and Miles - 2/25/26 to 3/24/26

February 25 - March 24 - 1.25 miles running - 16.42 miles walking - 20.41 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 6,081 meters rowing (1 of 14 days) - 358 minutes elliptical (11 of 14 days) - 78,703 steps - 11 of 14 gym days

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February 25 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 387 calories; 5,900 strides) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,060 steps
February 26 (Thursday) - 4.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,486 steps

February 27 (Friday) - 3.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,780 steps

February 28 (Saturday) - 3.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,360 steps

March 1 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,904 strides) - 0.96 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,367 steps

March 2 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,826 strides) - 3.14 miles walking in Springwoods Village (48:01 / 15:16) - 0.56 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,616 steps

March 3 (Tuesday) - 28 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 334 calories; 4,978 strides) - 2.22 miles walking in Springwoods Village (34:01 / 15:18) - 0.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 6,326 steps

March 4 (Wednesday) - 3.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (53:06 / 15:10) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,870 strides) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,382 steps

March 5 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,826 strides) - 0.89 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,225 steps

March 6 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 388 calories; 5,926 strides) - 30:09 rowing for 6,081 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:25/500m) - 0.61 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,525 steps

March 7 (Saturday) - 4.25 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:03:47.58 / 15:00) - 1.25 miles running on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (13:53.48 / 11:06) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,926 strides) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 12,643 steps

March 8 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 391 calories; 5,976 strides) - 1.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,089 steps

March 9 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 391 calories; 5,972 strides) - 2.31 miles walking in Springwoods Village (35:41 / 15:23) - 0.49 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,844 steps

March 10 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 387 calories; 5,900 strides)

March 11 (Wednesday) - 

Texas High School Baseball Fields or Stadiums Visited - 31 (16 / 15)

Adam Dunn Field (New Caney High School), New Caney, TX (Conroe Oak Ridge 5, New Caney 3) - 3/15/2025

Barbers Hill Baseball Field (Barbers Hill High School), Mont Belvieu, TX (Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill 3, Pearland 0) - 3/8/2025

Elliott Lansford Baseball Field (Aldine ISD schools), Houston, TX (Aldine 5, Aldine MacArthur 4) - 3/29/2025

Grizzly Field (Grand Oaks High School), Spring, TX (The Woodlands College Park 1, Conroe Grand Oaks 0) - 3/12/2024

Klein Cain High School Baseball Field (Klein Cain High School), Houston, TX (Klein Oak 7, Klein Cain 5 - 8 innings) - 3/10/2026

Knight Field (Bellville High School), Bellville, TX (Bellville 3, Columbus 1) - 2/26/2024

Lee Roy Ashmore Field at Delmar Stadium (HISD), Houston, TX (Galena Park 3, Houston Waltrip 0) - 3/11/2024

Magnolia Baseball Field (Magnolia High School), Magnolia, TX (Tomball 14, Magnolia 3) - 4/13/2024

Porter High School Baseball Field (Porter High School), Porter, TX (Porter 9, Splendora 1) - 4/8/2025

SCHS Baseball Field (Summer Creek High School), Humble, TX (Beaumont West Brook 4, Humble Summer Creek 2) - 3/14/2024
Splendora Baseball Field (Splendora High School), Splendora, TX (Splendora 3, Pasadena 2) - 3/14/2025
Spring High School Baseball Field (Spring High School), Spring, TX (Spring 7, Aldine MacArthur 6) - 4/1/2025
The Backyard - Stratford High School Baseball Field (Stratford High School), Houston, TX (Humble Kingwood Park, Spring Branch Stratford 11) - 3/22/2025

Tiger Field (Klein Collins High School), Spring, TX (Klein Cain 4, Klein Collins 2) - 4/11/2025

Tomball Memorial Baseball Field (Tomball Memorial High School), Tomball, TX (Magnolia 10, Tomball Memorial 3) - 3/11/2025

West Fork High School Baseball Field (New Caney West Fork High School), Kingwood, TX (Porter 8, New Caney West Fork 3) - 3/21/2025

Neutral Sites

Ballparks at Crosby (Crosby High School), Crosby, TX (Cy-Fair 6, Clear Springs 5) - 5/24/2024
Bearkat Park (Klein High School), Spring, TX (Conroe Oak Ridge 4, Spring 0) - 5/2/2024

Cougar Field (Cypress Creek High School), Houston, TX (Ganado 7, Danbury 2) - 5/15/2025

Cy-Fair High School Baseball Stadium (Cy-Fair High School), Cypress, TX (Tomball 7, Cypress Woods 2) - 5/22/2025

Cypress Lakes High School Baseball Field (Cypress Lakes High School), Katy, TX (Iola 22, Danbury 3) - 5/3/2025

Dale Westmoreland Field (Klein Oak High School), Spring, TX (Montgomery Lake Creek 10, Waller 0 - 5 innings) - 3/8/2025

Herrington Field (Lee High School), Baytown, TX (League City Clear Springs 6, Houston Strake Jesuit 3) - 5/4/2024

Hornet Baseball Field (Caldwell High School), Caldwell, TX (Centerville 1, Schulenburg 0) - 5/31/2025

Huntsville ISD Sports Complex (Huntsville High School), Huntsville, TX (Bullard 3, Huffman Hargrave 1) - 5/8/2025

Lake Creek High School Baseball Field (Lake Creek High School), Montgomery, TX (Bridge City 14, Salado 7) - 5/24/2025

Lobo Field (Langham Creek High School), Houston, TX (Montgomery Lake Creek 6, Houston Milby 3) - 5/6/2022

Lufkin Panther Baseball Stadium (Lufkin High School), Lufkin, TX (Centerville 5, Garrison 1) - 5/15/2024

Mustang Ballpark (Madisonville High School), Madisonville, TX (Kerens 1, Shelbyville 0 - 5/23/2024
Rusk ISD Baseball Field (Rusk High School), Rusk, TX (Chester 3, Neches 1 - 5/25/2024)

Wildcat Stadium (Cypress Woods High School), Cypress, TX (Orangefield 4, Rockdale 1) - 5/22/2024

2026 Overall Baseball Log - 3 Games

2/  7 - Seminole State College (OK) 16, San Jacinto College North 4, at Andy Pettitte Park at John Ray Harrison Field, Houston (Junior College)

2/  7 - Ranger College 13, Wharton County Junior College 3 - 8 innings, at Constellation Field, Sugar Land (Junior College)

3/10 - #196 - Klein Oak 7, Klein Cain 5 - 8 innings, at Klein Cain High School Baseball Field (High School)

Overall Baseball Parks - 196

16 - MLB (9 former, 7 current)

85 - MILB (80 overall plus 5 summer collegiate league)

37 - Texas College, University or JUCO (38 minus Constellation Field)

  7 - Other College, University or JUCO

51 - High School (20 private / 31 public)

High School Sporting Event Appearances - 2025-2026

Volleyball

08/12/25 - Houston Lutheran South Academy at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)

08/19/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School at Spring Providence Classical School (Spring, TX)
11/04/25 - Corpus Christi Incarnate Word Academy at Houston Northland Christian School (Houston, TX)

Cross Country

08/09/25 - Pearland Dawson Short Course 2M (Pearland, TX)

09/06/25 - UIL Region III Preview (Huntsville, TX)

09/19/25 - Nike South Invitational (College Station, TX)

10/20/25 - UIL Region III (Huntsville, TX)
10/21/25 - UIL Region III (Huntsville, TX)
10/27/25 - TAPPS State (Waco, TX)
10/31/25 - UIL State (Round Rock, TX)
11/01/25 - UIL State (Round Rock, TX)
11/08/25 - SPC State (Tomball, TX)

11/24/25 - Nike Cross South Regionals (College Station, TX)

Football

08/15/25 - Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian Academy at The Woodlands John Cooper School (The Woodlands, TX) - Scrimmage

08/28/25 - Waco Live Oak Classical School vs. Conroe Covenant Christian School (Navasota, TX)
08/29/25 - Houston The Village School at Cypress Christian School (Houston, TX)

09/04/25 - Houston St. Thomas High School at Montgomery Lake Creek (Montgomery, TX)
09/05/25 - Austin Hyde Park at Houston Lutheran South Academy (Houston, TX)

09/12/25 - Port Lavaca Calhoun at Houston St. John's School (Houston, TX)

09/13/25 - Richmond George Ranch at Humble (Humble, TX)

09/18/25 - Houston Emery/Weiner School at Houston Northland Christian School (Houston, TX)

09/19/25 - Pettus at Kenedy (Kenedy, TX)

09/25/25 - Aldine Nimitz vs. Aldine MacArthur (Houston, TX)

09/26/25 - Houston The Village School at Houston St. Francis Episcopal (Houston, TX)
09/27/25 - Richmond Foster vs. Richmond George Ranch (Rosenberg, TX)

09/27/25 - Houston Emery/Weiner School at Missouri City Divine Savior Academy (Missouri City, TX)
10/02/25 - Houston Spring Woods at Galena Park (Houston, TX)

10/03/25 - Diboll at Shepherd (Shepherd, TX)
10/09/25 - Lake Jackson Brazosport Christian at Pasadena First Baptist Christian Academy (Pasadena, TX)

10/10/25 - Anderson-Shiro at New Waverly (New Waverly, TX)

10/11/25 - Houston Kashmere vs. Houston Northside (Houston, TX)
10/16/25 - Conroe Oak Ridge vs. Conroe Grand Oaks (Shenandoah, TX)

10/17/25 - Huntsville at Dayton (Dayton, TX)
10/23/25 - Temple Central Texas Christian vs. Conroe Covenant Christian (Willis, TX)
10/24/25 - Houston St. Thomas at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)

10/25/25 - Aldine Nimitz vs. Aldine Eisenhower (Houston, TX)
11/06/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School at Rosehill Christian School (Tomball, TX)
11/07/25 - San Antonio Cornerstone Christian vs. Spring Legacy The School of Sport Sciences (Houston, TX)
11/08/25 - Bellaire Episcopal vs. Houston The Kinkaid School (Stafford, TX)

11/13/25 - Franklin vs. Hallettsville (Tomball, TX)

11/14/25 - Fredericksburg Heritage School at Spring Founders Christian (Spring, TX)
11/15/25 - The Woodlands at Aldine Davis (Houston, TX)
11/20/25 - Franklin vs. Orangefield (Shenandoah, TX)
11/21/25 - San Antonio Antonian at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)
11/22/25 - Fredericksburg Heritage School vs. Lake Jackson Brazosport Christian School (Rockdale, TX)

11/22/25 - Faith Academy of Marble Falls vs. Beaumont Legacy Christian Academy (Bryan, TX)
11/28/25 - Pasadena First Baptist Christian Academy vs. Houston Emery/Weiner School (Houston, TX)
11/28/25 - Houston Second Baptist School vs. Houston Lutheran South Academy (Iowa Colony, TX)
12/06/25 - Lubbock Christian School vs. Mesquite Dallas Christian School (Waco, TX)
12/06/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School vs. Dallas First Baptist Academy (Waco, TX)

Basketball

11/18/25 - Spring Founders Christian at Conroe Calvary Baptist (Conroe, TX) - Boys
12/02/25 - Houston Christian at The Woodlands Christian Academy (The Woodlands, TX) - Boys
01/30/26 - Bulverde Bracken Christian at Hallettsville Sacred Heart (Hallettsville, TX) - Girls

02/13/26 - Houston Family Christian Academy at Spring Founders Christian School (Spring, TX) - Boys

02/16/26 - Corpus Christi Annapolis Christian Academy at Spring Founders Christian School (Spring, TX) - Girls
02/17/26 - San Antonio Central Catholic at Tomball Concordia Lutheran High School (Tomball, TX) - Boys

02/19/26 - Houston Robert M. Beren Academy vs. Spring Founders Christian School (Spring, TX) - Boys

02/20/26 - Houston Second Baptist School - University Model vs. Spring Founders Christian School (Spring, TX) - Girls

02/21/26 - Galveston O'Connell vs. Waco Valor Prep (The Woodlands, TX) - Boys

02/21/26 - Houston Westbury Christian School vs. Bryan Brazos Christian School (Tomball, TX) - Girls

02/24/26 - La Grange vs. Bridge City (Spring, TX) - Girls

Awards Dinner
12/03/25 - 14th annual Hildebrand Foundation Touchdown Club of Houston Private High School Awards Dinner (Houston, TX)

Hockey
03/05/26 - Cypress Woods vs. Tomball (Houston, TX)

Baseball

03/10/26 - Klein Oak at Klein Cain (Houston, TX)

Softball

Tennis

Golf

Lacrosse

Track & Field

Field Hockey - None

Fall Soccer - None

Swimming - None

Wrestling - None 

Winter Soccer - None