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Memoir, introspection, evolution, and sometimes I write fiction.
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Familiar - Part IX (opens the original)
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This is part nine of a series. If you have not read the first six parts, please start here:Familiar - Part IFamiliar - Part IIFamiliar - Part IIIFamiliar - Part IVFamiliar - Part VFamiliar - Part VI<a hre
Green (opens the original)
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Ode to H-Town (opens the original)
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I never had any desire to visit Texas before I ended up here. Everything I knew about the state came from cartoons and movies, so, as far as I was aware, the whole place was a flat desert full of cows, cowboys, and cacti. Also, the Alamo (thanks, Pee-Wee).The flat desert isn’t inaccurate for much of West Texas, but a huge part of the state is covered in rolling hills or woods. Texas also has about 367 miles of coastline.Way down on the southeast side of the state, where all of these things conve
Soundtracks: Dolly Was the Best of My Mother (opens the original)
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The Builder (opens the original)
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