Five years ago, Judge Ed Emmett rang me up as I was juggling two phones trying to get information about…
(part of a series from the “Shipwrecked Project”) There are many definitions of a hard childhood. By any definition Mario…
Today a powerful white man in Houston suggested to me that if Black people want to improve their circumstances it’s all…
Houston. Harris County. Being a blue city/region in a red state is really dangerous. If we forget to unite the…
The canopies of this water oak and live oak have grown together and now shade the new deck my son…
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 One of our early Houston founding families supported the creation of settlement houses and community…
(sort of, except for, kind of, unless, if, but for, not those…) What follows are convo snippets – every one…
“Get in the car. Everyone get in the car. Time to go home.” My Mom is herding us like chicks.…
Dear Mayor Sylvester Turner and Judge Lina Hidalgo: Let me be frank. If you step up and lead — call upon…
I am thinking of some of my most treasured relationships. People in Louisiana. Friends and family. Many Louisiana friends are…