I’ve had it! This is the last straw! Facebook is ignoring me and I’m not going to stand for it any more. Dang it, I feel just like I did in the cafeteria at South Junior High in Abilene, Texas (time to scrabble around in the aging brain cells here…..) oh yeah, 55 years ago,…
Rebekah’s Smile II
Well, I promised Rebekah I’d put a tune to “Rebekah’s Smile,” the poem I wrote her last year for her 25th birthday. You might recall she asked me about it after Kelly and I sang to her on her 26th birthday. But I couldn’t come up with a tune, and then Rebekah’s dad, Fr. John,…
Selena Mania!
In March I chanced to read an article in the Texas Monthly commemorating the 15th anniversary of the death of Mexican-American singer Selena. I did remember when she was killed, but had seen her at the time as a minor pop singer in whom mostly young people would be interested. Needless to say, the article…
The Little Church That Could II
Sunday Kelly, Sterling, Jerry and I went to Fr. David Hoster’s last sermon at St. George’s Episcopal in Austin. There was a reception afterwards, and we hoped to see lots of friends from the old days. We were not disappointed. There were beloved faces not seen for years, and a slide show of the fall…