Precious Support
People ask, what does a campaign feel like? It feels like a huge mountain of sand grew up in our backyard and it’s our job to remove it. But our only tools are teaspoons, not serving spoons, not even soup spoons. Thinking about the job ahead of us, I despair until I go to our window. Our neighbors and friends are already attacking the mountain with shovels, a few with bulldozers. People we’ve never met before are

Political Sustenance
From the November 24th issue of the Houston Chronicle: Houston Mayor Bill White’s wife, Andrea, served the visiting ambassadors sandwiches… as several hours of discussion set the stage for Monday’s announcement that White is considering switching from a run for the U.S. Senate to a bid for Democratic nomination for Governor. Political sustenance? Isn’t it interesting that sandwiches would be reported. Food was the other person at the table. Food and conversation go together. A good thoug

Wrapping it Up
Recently, a friend asked me if I had any words of wisdom that I would pass on to the next First Lady of Houston. I started thinking about that, on one hand not sure if I had any advice worth sharing and on the other hand not knowing where I would start. A few days later, I ran across a poem that encapsulates much of what my message would be. Every Day by Naomi Shihab Nye My hundred-year-old next-door neighbor told me: Every day is a good day if you have it. She said, Every day is a present Someone left at your birthday place at the table… And it’s up to you to unwrap the package gently, lift out the gleaming hours wrapp

An Earful
Last week, Bill posted this on Facebook: “A long Texas Monthly article about me this month says my ears are one size too big for my head. Oh my gosh. What should I do? Surgery? No, I would have to hit the campaign trail with bandages on my ears. Any ideas?” Bill’s supporters have a great sense of humor. Here are a few of the 116 responses: Bill, All our cartilaginous structures grow larger with age. The bad news is: people driving behind you can guess your age from

Blogger’s Block
Writer, Julia Cameron in the Complete Artist’s Way has this to say on writer’s blocks, In the movie Raging Bull, Jake La Motta’s brother urges him to fight an unknown opponent, “‘If you win, you win, and if you lose, you win.’” Cameron concludes, “It is always that way with taking risks….very often a risk is worth taking simply for the sake of taking it….Selecting a challenge and meeting