Place shapes people and people shape culture. Texas writer and literary lion, Larry McMurtry, knows all about this premise. In fact, he has spent several decades making this geocultural reality his own truth and his books are both products of and reflections of The...
On Second Bite: Austin’s Culinary Universe of Flavors Take Flight
Food is an expression of culture and the perfect medium for sharing one's culture. Philosophers throughout the ages have waxed poetic about the nature and value of food. I like what Wendell Berry said: Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red...
How are you? I am red white and blue
How are you? I am red white and blue Pioneer blood, Indian blood, the blood of slaves, the blood of immigrants... From the heart of the nation our vital fluids flow Into the dirt of Turtle Island, which wants water Delicate flowers, found fortunes So many petals like...
The Year in Place: 2018
Last March, we sold our house in West Linn, Oregon and moved to Austin, Texas. Positive change and forward motion have been a big part of 2018. We call it our year of the pivot. When it was time to move (after months of preparation), we embarked on an epic road trip...
Maria from Monterrey
I wrote this poem after visiting a photo exhibit at Mexic-Arte Museum in downtown Austin. Maria from Monterrey It’s not terribly far, as a bird flies, from Monterrey to Laredo Young Maria’s journey was wingless She moved at night, her thirst unsatisfied Coyotes and...