Little Rock At dusk we rode to an abandoned area miles from people and highways and placed targets on old logs nestled up against a large hillside berm. The uncle and brother-in-law had been a gun safety instructor in the National Guard, and carefully explained to each one of the novice shooters who had never fired …
Category: Personal Writings
Remembering Elena Hanggi, Jack Lavey, and the Wilbur Mills Expressway Fight
New Orleans The obituary for Elena Hanggi Giddings said so little that it was almost hard for me to believe that this was the same woman I knew so well and so long. Her stint as chair of the regional advisory board of the Federal Home Loan Bank in Dallas was acknowledged, along with her …
Mardi Gras Misery
New Orleans The weekend found temperatures pushing the 80s Fahrenheit and beautiful clear, spring like weather. We walked on the new, though long delayed, Crescent Park along the Mississippi River short blocks from our house. The wind was blowing along the River, and the dog was happy for the walk. Weather went bad suddenly, …