r.i.p. the prettiest man in town

my father, the flame, r.i.p.

the prettiest man in town
they used to call him
women all around
the red room in the back, 70s cool
leather couch, shag carpet
a lamp for the mood
all tinted with red
liquor strong
chivas too, ya know, he had it going on
here we are
seven strong
maybe more, we don’t know
he had so many of us
he was the flame
resting on the east side now
the end of the game
with his brother, brother, sister, sister
my mother too
he was the flame
he had so many of us
he was the flame
the prettiest man in town

presenting….estère

Estere
Estère

A lovely find via random surfing…New Zealand’s Estère. She has two tracks on SoundCloud: “Cruel Charlie” a song about a fictional ex and the smooth “Culture Clash” reminding me of a little of Maysa, a little of Amel and a warm ocean breeze.

Life, Olympics non sequiturs and such…

Barcelona, February 2008.

It’s been an incredibly busy year so far…

Some highlights

  • Documenting Baylor women’s basketball season run culminating in the NCAA championship and sitting courtside on press row all throughout the Final Four as the Lady Bears along with Stanford, Notre Dame and UConn played their hearts out.
  • Fun times with my 3 year-old niece and the birth of two more nieces.
  • The loveliness of my over 90 year-old grandma, so blessed I still have her in my life. And the love of my family and friends in general, especially my younger sister, for the win!
  • Continued good health!

As the Olympics are in full swing, I was asked to be a part the Guardian’s Olympics Experts Network. They’re in the UK. I’m deep in the heart of Tejas. Technology makes it all work out! Here’s a story I wrote about U.S.-born women’s basketball players on foreign rosters:

And a recent interview I did with Russian national team member and San Antonio Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon.

It feels hotter than Hades every single day here in Central Texas but the early mornings are lovely!

And to keep rambling, this website has been through so many redesigns over the years. I’ve had a website since the early days of the web, since the 1990s when I lived in San Francisco and stores couldn’t keep HTML books on the shelf. This iteration is temporary until I figure out some organizational things. In the meantime….

Have some Roots!