“How did you meet Willie Nelson?” A fertile mind could come up with all kinds of juicy scenarios, but the truth is much more in sync with one of Willie’s fundamental tenets, “Fortunately, we’re not in control.”  Indirectly, I met… Continue reading

My first Texas experience was a bad one: Teenage mother, bad marriage, physical and emotional abuse, language problems, money problems, homesick for Germany. I was housebound in a corner of the Texas that would have been challenging even for someone… Continue reading