Spring 2006, Vol. 62, No. 3
Published by the Division
of Public Affairs
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Singing a Song of Life
Pugnacious and bitter Wayman Scott is a small-town artist with more talent than good sense. His studio is an old milk truck; his mother dislikes him; the citizens of Burro, Texas, barely tolerate him; and he’s been married—and divorced—six times. Now, with his life winding down, apparently with no hope of release for his free spirit, he suddenly finds himself in love with vivacious, untamed, and enigmatic Vida Singer. So what if he’s 65, she’s 15 years older, and a whole lifetime has passed since he last saw her? When she was his grade school teacher, Vida taught him to draw.
—Christopher Dow |
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Coastal Treasures
The extensive and complex watershed systems of the Texas Gulf Coast are home to an incredible diversity of wildlife, recreation, and commercial and industrial development. On any one of Texas’s major bays, it is not unusual to see nesting birds in the foreground, vacationers’ sailboats in the near distance, commercial fishing boats heading for deep waters, and towering petrochemical plants silhouetted against the sky.
—Christopher Dow |
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