Congratulations to our blog site CleverJourneys for overcoming our single day readership record to reach over one million page views. “We are thrilled,” said Dodie Dennis, now a retired Registered Nurse and one-half of the CleverJourneys team with husband Jack Dennis. “It’s a blogger’s dream,” Dodie noted. “Jack […]
Dear CleverJourneys readers, On Friday the 13th of August, 2021, I will be having heart surgery at the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. More specifically, the procedure is called Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). CABG (pronounced “cabbage”), is a type of operation that improves blood flow to […]
. In 2006, I had the honor of interviewing the second man to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin. It’s been 52 years ago this week that earth celebrated one of the most historical milestones in history as United States astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin explored the […]
When I worked in the corporate world, some of my fellow coworkers told me I reminded them of Patch Adams, from a 1998 movie they saw starring Robin Williams. Well, I went to see the film. It’s about a real doctor, Hunter D. Adams who is defined as […]
by Jack Dennis Ok. I’ll bite. Per request, here are 25 things most people don’t know about me. #20 is unexplainable. Dancing 1. In August 1989 three men sat at a table in downtown San Antonio and flipped a quarter each. I was the odd man (I flipped […]
This is our 1000th post on CleverJourneys in just over a year. Dodie and I are celebrating by checking into a hospital. Yes, both of us! Coincidence? Serindipty? Double whammy? The short story is she is in Room #7 of Kerrville’s Pederson Hospital’s Emergency Room and I’m on […]
The Secret to How Ritz-Carlton, H-E-B, Disney, ClubCorp and Goettl Soar JackNotes: Summaries of Wisdom Fortunately, I worked for a remarkable Texas business, H-E-B Food Drugs, from 1980 to 2010 and retired early as an executive over their facilities management organization. H-E-B invests a great deal in training […]
On the 50th anniversary of the day I received my drivers license learning permit, I earned a speeding ticket for driving 28 mph in a 20 mph school zone in Comfort, Texas. It was about time, I suppose, that I took a driver’s safety course again. Whew! Times […]
Knowing I’m an advid autograph collector, my mother, Geraldine Dennis was always on the lookout and obtained several signatures for me. In April 1969, she took me to a Tom Jones concert with my cousins Carolyn Sanders Gerland and James Johnson at the Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio, […]
Sedona, Arizona, was extremely busy and has grown since my last visit in 2016. Always beautiful, we stopped briefly to live in the moment of this enchanting destination, but elected to move on. That took a while as we endured the traffic jams. I will seriously think twice […]
For Mother’s Day weekend, Dodie and I went to the Caribbean, the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, Cancun and Hawaii. A much needed trip, it was relaxing and offered us time to unwind. The pace there was irresistibly slow, but the service was top notch. The best part of […]
Our father was a natural junker. I started out at age five, living on the Southside of San Antonio, accompanying him on his junk routes. Years later, my sister Bobbi would join us. As I became busy with important things like Little League, sometimes she’d go solo with […]
