Hi Sharon. My clearest memory of Texas -- well, apart from JFK's assassination -- was getting off a motorcycle on a cold winter day (in 1970? 71?) halfway across the Panhandle and and realizing that -- apart from a straight line of weather-beaten telephone poles all the way to both horizons, I was the tallest thing in sight for 360°. It …
Hi Sharon. My clearest memory of Texas -- well, apart from JFK's assassination -- was getting off a motorcycle on a cold winter day (in 1970? 71?) halfway across the Panhandle and and realizing that -- apart from a straight line of weather-beaten telephone poles all the way to both horizons, I was the tallest thing in sight for 360°. It blew my mind, so I had to sit down on the frozen dirt and take a couple of deep breaths before continuing on to California. California Dreaming. The folly of youth.
Could it be that all that flatness has led over time to, um, a kind of mental flatness? Or perhaps to arrogance, you know, the feeling that you tower over everything? Like J.R Ewing? He was a tall man. Or Greg Abott?
Naw, Greg Abott's not a real person! What am I thinking?
Lot of wind in Texas, they must be famous for their wind.... the dust, too.
Anyway, there's a lot of really great, long-suffering Democrats in Texas. (Just not quite enough. Not yet.)
Lol! I lived in Texas twice. The fist time was for basic training in San Antonio and tech school in Wichita Falls in 1977. It was incredibly flat but made for great horseback riding. Things were different then. But there are so many things you never learn about a state until you become a resident and consumer.
Hi Sharon. Yeah, it's such a big state, there must be a lot of hidden treasure. I've always wanted to take a hike in Big Bend NP, but I haven't done it yet. Maybe in March if the Covid situation is under control.
Hi Sharon. My clearest memory of Texas -- well, apart from JFK's assassination -- was getting off a motorcycle on a cold winter day (in 1970? 71?) halfway across the Panhandle and and realizing that -- apart from a straight line of weather-beaten telephone poles all the way to both horizons, I was the tallest thing in sight for 360°. It blew my mind, so I had to sit down on the frozen dirt and take a couple of deep breaths before continuing on to California. California Dreaming. The folly of youth.
Could it be that all that flatness has led over time to, um, a kind of mental flatness? Or perhaps to arrogance, you know, the feeling that you tower over everything? Like J.R Ewing? He was a tall man. Or Greg Abott?
Naw, Greg Abott's not a real person! What am I thinking?
Lot of wind in Texas, they must be famous for their wind.... the dust, too.
Anyway, there's a lot of really great, long-suffering Democrats in Texas. (Just not quite enough. Not yet.)
Lol! I lived in Texas twice. The fist time was for basic training in San Antonio and tech school in Wichita Falls in 1977. It was incredibly flat but made for great horseback riding. Things were different then. But there are so many things you never learn about a state until you become a resident and consumer.
Hi Sharon. Yeah, it's such a big state, there must be a lot of hidden treasure. I've always wanted to take a hike in Big Bend NP, but I haven't done it yet. Maybe in March if the Covid situation is under control.