When The River Meets The Sea
I’ve had about three blog posts drafted as my end of year posts. None of them feel right. I’m not sure what to say about 2011; some people have remarked on what an incredibly difficult year this must have been for me. “This was the worst year,” they say. I don’t feel that way. I’ve … Read more
Hello, Goodbye
“You say goodbye, and I say hello” -Lennon/McCartney The call came 3 weeks ago from my mother telling me that I had better hop on a plane to Houston right away as my father was swiftly declining. As some of you know, death is so hard to predict when people are suffering from a terminal … Read more
Of Interest: RIP Michael John Kirby, 1936-2011
Here’s the obit that ran in the Houston Chronicle this morning. Relatively brief…I have volumes to say and write about him later. It’s too much to get it all out at the moment. Michael (Mike) John Kirby, age 75, passed away on April 9, 2011, at his home in Kingwood, Texas. Michael is survived … Read more
Of Interest: The Tsunami Edition
I don’t know why we can’t be brothers here I know we should be Answers don’t seem easy And I’m wonderin’ if they could be – Townes Van Zandt, “High, Low and In Between” Hi. I thought of “Of Interest” to be the place where I lay down all the thoughts on the news of … Read more
