Category: Texas

  • Texas Pride and Size

    Texas Pride and Size

    If you would have presented me with the 50 state flags four years ago, I would have struggled to identify New York after a half-century of living here. Through process of elimination and knowing the Latin word excelsior (meaning “ever upward”) is plastered on countless NY businesses, schools and many…

  • Texas Tuesday – The Backstory

    Texas Tuesday – The Backstory

    The Summary In the last three years, I’ve been to Texas eight times. Last Spring, I stayed a month. My then-remote position made it possible. Though I have seen and stayed in several Texas cities and towns, the state is beyond enormous and I’ve barely scratched the hot soil. I’ll…

  • Texas Take-Off

    Texas Take-Off

    On a recent flight out of Austin, TX, we were delayed on the tarmac, but the Texas sky made waiting a pleasure. As we finally rolled forward, every angle was spectacular.