Letters to the Publisher
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sean Spicer a perplexing choice for a scholarship fundraiser
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STARS to be commended for providing much needed scholarships for Laredo students
The Re-Con
Departures: a family history memorialized on the four faces of a cemetery stone
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It tilts north, a departure from all the other upright German stones around it.
Santa Maria Journal
ROAD TRIP: Off to camp, a quick trip west to Fort Davis with the precious cargo of my granddaughters
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I miss them, so integral a part of my life: oxygen and inspiration, joy and comfort
The Re-Con
The etymology of home
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“Dozens of fireflies glittered like streetlights twinkling in a distant city whose name I didn’t yet know…”
Past Perfect
Arrest of famed boxer almost happened in Laredo on February 26, 1920
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Mann Act: the Color Line was drawn most prominently at the bedroom door of white women
The Re-Con
The Country Corporeal
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“…we stood on the edge of a field where, on a September morning in 1862, the blood of 12,000 men — wounded and dead — soaked the soil. “
Mystery Customer
Brown Hyundai mechanics, go back to school; Boogabites: on time and dependable
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Vaquero Cleaners staff know their customers
Santa Maria Journal
Childhood memories of the silence of the wild world beyond the thin board and batten walls of the ranch house
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Before sweet dreams there was a last look at bright stars on a nightscape of no ambient light
Past Perfect
After biting Tony, it was Spot’s fate to vacate Garfield Street and end up en un rancho
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Or had he been dispatched to the Big Kennel in the Sky?
The Re-Con
The Demonstration: heart thumping, ears ringing — the pistol’s report took us to a hilltop in Vietnam
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45 years later the gunshot called up the echo of Kent State, My Lai, Tet, Walter Cronkite, Saigon, Berkeley, Bobby Kennedy, Woodstock, Nixon, Weathermen, Memphis, Martin Luther King Jr.