Yesterday, I took my dad Neil Stamey on a short trip, in what has become a yearly tradition, to the nearby Festival of Flags at Greenacres Cemetery for their Memorial Day celebration of veterans who have fallen. He’s the handsome … Continue reading
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The Rambling Writer visits Washington, D.C., with her veteran dad. (Note: I’ll return to my Greece travels and novel research in my next blog, June 13; the first installment was on May 16.) This Memorial Day, I took my 92-year-old … Continue reading
Moving has made me think about the multiple places I consider home. Texas, of course. The whole state, not just Austin (where I went to college and where I live now), Houston (where I was born), or Friendswood (where I … Continue reading
I lived in Washington, D.C., for many years. “Washington” evokes a variety of instant responses: the capital of the free world, government bureaucracy, partisan gridlock, the White House, “inside the Beltway” insular thinking — I could go on and on. … Continue reading