Past Perfect
March 31, 1968: when LBJ announced he would not run for President
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He was 58, but looked like 100 years-old.
Past Perfect
García Márquez meets his angel in Laredo, 1961
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Like Lawrence, Leary and Cantinflas, like Highsmith, García Márquez stopped here
Letters to the Publisher
“History may not necessarily repeat itself, but it offers lessons for the preservation of a just government”
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“I will not witness discordant rhetoric without speaking out as a concerned citizen.”
Santa Maria Journal
Birding Festival’s keynote speaker: a voice rooted in love of family and the wild world
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Lanham addressed nature’s bounty, conservation, and the heated, still smoldering battlefield of racism
Letters to the Publisher
We need constitutionally astute representation in the White House
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Like any good dictator, 45 wants a military parade
Past Perfect
Twinkle Toes is not about the good old days; it doesn’t point an accusing finger at anyone but me
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The weak spot had always really been all mine
The Re-Con
Whence Cometh the Icemen?
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“How long before someone and then someone else steps over that line, crosses the gates and barriers, and strikes the fatal blows against the source of the stench skulking out of the east and drags it across the gutter and off into history?”
Santa Maria Journal
Jaime Gonzalez: tapping into the hydrology of underground rivers
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An abiding reverence for how water changes lives
Past Perfect
A bolillo’s memory of Christmas in Laredo: tamales, fireworks, red cowboy boots, and my own record player
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The portable hardwood roller rink showed up every December