New Orleans In some ways we all eventually come to grips with the fact that we are a “product of our raising,” as the expression down here goes and in the case of personal real estate and personal debts, I was my father’s son: conservative! When he retired after 38 years with an oil company, …
Month: August 2010
Meth and Abortion in the West
New Orleans In the up and down saga of getting the truck out of Laramie, my buddies at Laramie Time Company (big ups to Troy Trujillo!) managed to square me away and out of Wyoming on Monday evening around 6 PM. I’ve rarely seen a more welcome sight than the sun shining in pockets through …
“Gasland” and the Powder River Coal Basin
Laramie Throughout our journey through the west, the HBO documentary, Gasland, was a frequent topic of conversation. I’ll have to wait until I get home to track it down, but I gather there were shots throughout Wyoming and this area of water coming out of taps in flames and other wildness that would naturally rivet …