April 12, 2013

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Tarmac Meditations #63: Heart and Minds

Michael starts pining for North Texas.

December 17, 2010

I got them North Texas blues/ but you know I paid my dues…” Delbert McClinton said that. Dreaming this morning about North Texas, all heat and distance, dirt and rain. L.M. Kit Carson said that one. It ain’t nothin’ but true.

North TexasRoll ‘em Ryan Raiders, time to go STATE… all down, one to go. The oldest son of a friend of mine is going to STATE. That doesn’t come around very often, maybe but once in a life. I wish him well, whatever the outcome. I remember him when he was 11, and he was equally proud then of his ability to play center as he was to play Mozart on the cello. Less Mozart these days, more O line. Maybe Mozart is waiting in the wings.

No matter. He was a sweet kid then and he is a lovely young man now; you might say he is a daily growing. Roll ‘em Raiders, ain’t nothing to lose and everything to gain. You are already winners in the hearts and minds of the people who love you.

 

Photo Credit

Kathy Weiser-Alexander photos. Public Domain.

 

 

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avatar About Michael Lebowitz

I write and take pictures because it is my way of telling stories. I run because it reminds me, everyday, that I am here. I have no idea where the writing comes from.

What I do know is that I start with what I know and imagine the rest. In the end some of it is true and some of it is made up; memory plus time equals semi-fiction, others call it creative non fiction. And if the “I” in the piece has a different name than mine, it is fiction through and through.

My photography tells a story in a very different way. The pictures seem to come from who I was and what I care about. When the words are coming honestly and the pictures are sharp and knowing, the stories tell me who I am today.

I also write at Running Before Daylight and my photography can be seen at The Long Run Picture Company

Comments

  1. Well said, Michael. Saw Ryan Raiders play on TV game of the week – they look like a team headed to State again – they’re loaded! Loved this article, except what’s that “rain” thing you talk about. Not sure what that is. :)

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