Month: June 2014
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Remembrance of Thomas F. Nagle (my uncle)
(About my uncle who passed away earlier this year). Boy, Uncle Thomas was the world’s greatest uncle! While growing up in Houston, Texas, I didn’t get to see him except on special occasions. Uncle Thomas was good about visiting our family in Houston, but it’s hard (and expensive!) to keep in touch over such long…
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The Man Who Needs No Introduction
A few years ago I was on a panel at a conference, and someone asked how I ought to be introduced. “Just say I am a Houston writer.” I wasn’t being coy; I genuinely hate introductions – giving them, receiving them and having to sit through them. They are as annoying as the warnings at…