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Houston Chronicle, part 1

My extended family visit to Houston can be described thusly: 1) experiencing, from the goose’s point of view, the process of making foie gras and 2) swapping childhood war stories with my sis. Houston has many faults in my mind, including but not limited to: traffic, congestion, did I mention TRAFFIC, endless quantities of strip [...]

The Biggest Strip Mall of All

When my sister informed me that my mother had relocated to Houston, I was not terribly excited about the news. I’d never been to Texas, but I had been told nothing good by any of my friends and associates. My boss calls Houston “Hellston.” My old roommate Paul, who’d made frequent physics related trips to [...]

Off to Houston

Packing in a car and driving 12 hours sounds like a good idea, right? I might try to catch Crazy Aunt Purl on her book tour there, seeing as it’s 13 minutes from my mother’s new house…we’ll see how that goes. See y’all later! Be the first to like. Like Unlike