I first met her when she was Sarah Weddington’s campaign manager (1972) and I was an officer in UTYD’s and the Student Action Coalition (SAC-PAC). I knew plenty of tough Texas women, like my dad’s childhood friend Dorothy Richter, but she was in a category previously unknown to me and at first I didn’t know how to interpret what was happening! I still marvel at her energy and her foresight—she would understand exactly how we tumbled into the dark rabbit hole of abject government failure under Abbott, and could get us back out. How I miss her! Please expand your vivid recollections and write a book of these colorful stories about her. It would be very welcome right now.
Thanks, Alyssa, appreciate your kind words and support. A number of people have been asking me to do more narratives and essays and a bit less politics. I will search for the right mix, but I've got lots of stories like this one. As for Ann, there is already a very good book about her written by the late Jan Reid, called, "Let the People Speak." I highly recommend if you haven't come across it.
I have indeed read Jan Reid’s book, and it’s excellent. But you definitely have had some intriguing first-hand experience! And your writing style pulls the reader into the rollicking adventure of it. Ann’s life was very much like that, and she would approve. Think about it in your free (ha) time, that’s all I ask.
I first met her when she was Sarah Weddington’s campaign manager (1972) and I was an officer in UTYD’s and the Student Action Coalition (SAC-PAC). I knew plenty of tough Texas women, like my dad’s childhood friend Dorothy Richter, but she was in a category previously unknown to me and at first I didn’t know how to interpret what was happening! I still marvel at her energy and her foresight—she would understand exactly how we tumbled into the dark rabbit hole of abject government failure under Abbott, and could get us back out. How I miss her! Please expand your vivid recollections and write a book of these colorful stories about her. It would be very welcome right now.
Thanks, Alyssa, appreciate your kind words and support. A number of people have been asking me to do more narratives and essays and a bit less politics. I will search for the right mix, but I've got lots of stories like this one. As for Ann, there is already a very good book about her written by the late Jan Reid, called, "Let the People Speak." I highly recommend if you haven't come across it.
I have indeed read Jan Reid’s book, and it’s excellent. But you definitely have had some intriguing first-hand experience! And your writing style pulls the reader into the rollicking adventure of it. Ann’s life was very much like that, and she would approve. Think about it in your free (ha) time, that’s all I ask.
Tears. I loved her so. And love you too.
Beautiful.
A proper homage to one of the most transformative places on earth.
Well, that's a wonderful essay. Thank you.