George W. Bush Presidential Center

There are three presidential libraries in the great state of Texas. Luckily I’ve been a few times to the grand LBJ library in Austin, and on this last trip to Dallas I got to visit the recently opened George W. Bush Presidential Center near my old alma mater SMU. As we drove down lower Greenville to Mockingbird, my dad asked …

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Golden Anniversary

Below is my slideshow/tribute to my parents at their anniversary party–though only some of the photos are included here. My parents are two ordinary people who have had extraordinary achievements and challenges in their lives. To me, it is the way they overcame these challenges together that is their greatest achievement. It is no surprise to any of us, who …

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The Winner Is…

No, there was no spontaneous human combustion to explain the gap from my last entry. Just a very chaotic period of ten days in Dallas leading up to my parents’ golden anniversary party on August 31, 2013…plus a few more after for recovery. But it was definitely so hot in Texas that I could have self-ignited even while just standing …

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City Of Trees

  Sacramento is the capital of the great state of California, and its nickname is the City of Trees.   It’s definitely a lush city, and a river also runs through it, so while driving around sunny downtown Sacramento I have a strange deja vu of being in Austin. But other than being a capital and university town, the two …

Lone Star

  I finally unpack my suitcases from the Dallas trip, but it’s just a matter of time before I refill them with necessities for the next trip that’s happening in a couple of weeks. No disclosure yet as to where I’ll pop up next, but if I’m lucky I’ll get to hear a few languages totally foreign to my ears. …