Decameron Tale II: The short, unhappy life of my self-inflicted mullet
One of the falling dominos in this disaster was the image of Rod Stewart rocking one of the first mullets
View ArticleDecameron Tale III – Larry’s tale: the buzzards for the filming of McMurtry’s...
The imported buzzards were wired to the tree branches, tried to fly away, and dangled upside down
View ArticleDecameron Tale IV – The Timothy Leary trial put Laredo on the map in 1966:...
The trial took five days, the verdict 15 minutes
View ArticleDecameron Tale V – On the wrong side of the Mexican Revolution: José Clemente...
Laredo, 1917: a crime against art
View ArticleDecameron Tale VI – Chief Seattle and Ted Perry’s Tale
It’s the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. How’s the planet done in the last half century?
View ArticleDecameron Tale VII – Uncle Billy’s Tale: the road map to an ill-gained bounty...
Dr. Norman Baker’s border radio station racked up profits in bogus weight loss and cancer cures
View ArticleDecameron Tale VIII – The dying cowboy’s tale: he wasn’t shot; he was dying...
Don’t expect an appreciative smile when you start singing “As I walked down the streets of Laredo”
View ArticleThe Chinook Jargon Pocket Dictionary: six pages, ready when you need it
An inspirational motto for 2020: Kopet wawa. Mamook kwollan, literally, “Stop words. Do ear”
View ArticleThe Peyote Chronicles: Part I – While “The Gateway City” got a bad rap in...
In the movie adaptation, the defiant peyote purveyor is played by Salma Hayek; she drives a ’61 Cadillac convertible
View ArticleThe remarkable life of Laredo plantswoman Anna B. Nickels lost to the river...
She traveled by rail to Chicago and so did a boxcar carefully packed with the 300 specimens of her exhibit
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