No. 161 - A Drifter in the Republic: Honky-Tonk Nights and the Last Days of Old Austin
963 Words. 4 Minute Read.
I got home last night at two in the morning. I was out with a true Texan and a German couple at the Broken Spoke—a honky-tonk in Austin where the country music is real. None of that post-’90s Nashville crap that passes for country on the radio.
No. 160 - The Life of a (Reformed) Wild Peach Orchard Boar
937 Words. 4 Minute Read.
There isn’t a six-pack in the fridge or a bottle of Dickel in the freezer. I’m doing my best. I’m no saint, but I ain’t the son of a gun I used to be.
No. 154 - The Answers Lie in the Hills
412 Words. 2 Minute Read.
The answers to everything are in those hills – Hill Country, that is, in central Texas. 24,000 square miles of rugged wonder; maybe the most authentic American landscape.
No. 153 - Cheez-Its with Don Draper in Texas
646 Words. 2 Minute Read.
Back in my heyday in corporate, I ran with some real boozehounds. We weren’t degenerate drunks, but we toed the line—so did our bosses, and their bosses too. The culture was so saturated with alcohol you could’ve wrung it out of a towel.
