Through west Texas you told me I needed to take a step back when all we had was yellow brick after yellow brick after yellow brick, I stayed between the lines. And that always bigger picture of things loomed above us, gazing in through the windshield, squeezing our cheeks like a grandmother, so proud. For [...]
Posts Tagged ‘texas’
Through west Texas
Posted in poetry, tagged grandmother, road trip, stars, texas on January 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Texas Rodeo.
Posted in places, tagged rodeo, texas on April 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
God Bless America, the Duffs, and their #7 Pitt BBQ.
Posted in places, tagged bbq, chopped beef., texas on January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Don’t miss the pound of chopped beef for a measly $5.00. Feed the family!
12 Pictures. 12 Months.
Posted in favorites, my life, tagged arthur, Austin, chicago, christmas, cinque terre, france, Gary, halloween, italy, lake, Maisons Laffitte, mechanical bull, michigan, months, New Years Day, notre dame, paris, photos, Resolutions, texas, white christmas, years on January 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
January – Maisons Laffitte under snow. February – He who jumps off bridges in Paris is in Seine. March – Arthur leaps skyward. April – Cinque Terre, Italy. Hiking… it’s only walking… for 7 hours. Bring proper footwear and a bottle of water. May – Sunset over North Lake, Grand Junction, Michigan. June – Late [...]
In Texas, I ride mechanical bulls.
Posted in my life, tagged cowboy, mechanical bull, texas on November 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
autumn in texas. (and only in texas.)
Posted in places, tagged texas on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rootin’ in Tejas.
Posted in my life, tagged chicago, moving, texas, u-haul on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hey all, I apologize for my absence. It’s been quite the little journey. My Ma, my Pa, Jeremy, and I shuttled our new friend Craig the U-haul trailer all the way from north to south, from Chicago, Illinois to Austin, Texas. On the way… The arch over St. Louis overlooking the grand Mississip, gateway from east [...]
Paris, Texas
Posted in historyish, tagged bastille day, cowboy, cowboy hat, eiffel tower, paris, sidewalk sale, tennessee, texas on July 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In the early nineties, the town of Paris, Texas constructed a 65 foot replica of the Eiffel Tower. The tower attracted road trippers looking for the odd and out-of-place, as well as fit in nicely with the town’s occasional Bastille Day sidewalk sales. After construction was completed, the town of Paris, Tennessee put up their [...]
5 year journal.
Posted in my life, tagged contemporary art, ellen, five years, grandparents, journal, letters, texas on June 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I only met one of my grandparents and she died a few years after I hit double digits. I’ve heard stories. I’ve seen pictures and yet the image I have of them is so incomplete that as strongly as I am rooted in my family, there are a few roots missing. I gained some insight [...]
Triple Shot.
Posted in Triple Shots, tagged bathroom, houston, street, texas, welcome, wine on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Down the hall from an apartment I was staying in, there was a welcome mat outside a door with multiple locks. ——- Walking into a bathroom in the Houston Galleria, I heard one tourist say to another, “I like how the bathrooms are in two languages. It makes me feel like we’re in a third [...]
