1st entry besides a poem
Is it just a West Texas thing to always want sunshine? A southern or southwest thing? I am energized by overcast skies. Today’s cloudy weather was inspirational to me. The almost year round sameness of the typical West Texas sunshine, as pleasant and enjoyable as it may be, wearies the muscles around my eye sockets (that’s why West Texans get crow’s feet at 20something) and begs for contrast or change. At least I feel that way. Being a transplanted Texan rather than native born, I have found myself to be in the minority when it comes to appreciating a gray atmosphere. My own offspring, birthed under the Lone Star flag, respond with lethargy and an almost gloomy attitude if the sun is hidden very long. Born and bred West Texan Eric posted about his own experience with the mental/emotional result of daytime darkness on March 4 of this year. (When I learn to post links, I’ll be able to put one in my blog. But since you’re reading this on the Gazette, you can go to Navel Gazing and remind yourself of his feelings about inclement weather.) I wonder if folks in the Pacific Northwest identify with me or if they live emotionally “under the weather” much of the time?
Well, that’s my first attempt at a post other than a haiku.
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Recording History
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Redefining a Bust
Thank you...
Farewell to Abbye
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Say, how long are you going to keep putting forth that "non-native Texan" business? I happen to know that you've lived in west Texas for more than two decades, and whatever traces of Yankeeism you brought with you are surely blown away by now! ;-)
Posted by: Eric at April 30, 2004 04:40 PM