personal stories Cowboy Down “One cannot be pessimistic about the West. This is the native home of hope. When it fully learns that cooperation, not rugged individualism, is the quality that most characterizes and preserves it, then it will have achieved itself and outlived its origins." - Wallace Stegner, Western author
Houston You See By My Outfit That I'm Not a Cowboy We watched the bullriders, and I decided against it. I saw what the operator could do to someone they wanted to embarrass. Put your cat in a blender and you'll get the idea.
Texas Music Because Anti-Austin ranting seems in style A reprint of my 2011 screed that stirred up the whole state. I think it stands up pretty well, though I say so myself.
Texas Music Happy 98th, Bongo Joe George Coleman was a percussionist and spacey philosopher / one-man Sun Ra Arkestra beloved by generations of Texans for his constant presence at high-traffic tourist areas — Galveston’s Seawall, Houston’s Market Square, and later the San Antonio’s Riverwalk.
Texas Music A Holly Jolly Christmas from the Family To those of us who grew up on the Gulf Coast, the song absolutely needs no introduction or explanation. It simply embodies who we are and Christmases and families as we know them, in my case, right down to mystery relatives from the Valley.
