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MY COUSIN DIED this week. His name was José Rubén López, but we called him Pache (PAH-cheh). I have no idea how he got that name, but that’s how we knew him, although in school he was for a while … Continue reading →

MY THOUGHTS AFTER having seen “Twenty Feet From Stardom,” the beautiful and moving film about (mostly black) back-up singers: I don’t believe in an after-life and I don’t believe in reincarnation. However, if I am completely wrong and I do … Continue reading →

A FRIEND RECENTLY sent me a copy of an obituary of the mother of a friend of his. Tim, my friend, knew that I was from Crystal City and he had noticed that his friend’s mother, Genevieve Burdwell Poindexter, had … Continue reading →

WELL, SO MUCH for the Great Camping Trip of July 2013. New knife or no knew knife, we ain’t agoin’, as Lorettie would say. The doctor said that while my sister’s knee wasn’t in that, going on a long trip … Continue reading →

YOU KNOW WHAT they say about best-laid plans? True, very true. Our Great Western Adventure was to start on Monday but it seems that a bum knee has thrown a monkey into the wrench (I heard a guy say that on … Continue reading →

A relaxing Fourth. Morning at the Y followed by several hours in my friend’s pool. If things go well, today will be my last day in Houston for a while. Tomorrow I’m heading south to meet up with two of … Continue reading →

BOSTON IS A beautiful, wonderful city. It is special and different in the sense that every American city is special and different: it has things – history, demography, geography, architecture, etc. — that no other American city has. Like other cities, … Continue reading →

ONE OF MY college roommates was from West, site of the deadly explosion last night. Larry loved to introduce himself to people with, “Hi, I’m from West Texas.” Inevitably, he would get the response he expected to get: “Where in West … Continue reading →