6 Comments
User's avatar
Caroline Osmon's avatar

Such terrific storytelling! I could just see those storms. Jim I really enjoy your writing. Please keep it up. (And don't let up on the bozo at the Capital!)

Expand full comment
Jim Bob Moore's avatar

Thank you, Caroline. Such a kind thing to say. I'd prefer to write this kind of material but, as you suggest, I have to keep an eye on the bad guy in the pink granite building. Howdy to my compadre Steve.

Expand full comment
Bridget Cresto's avatar

First things first: the post is time stamped 3:00 AM!!!! I didn’t read it until around 5:00 AM the morning you posted.🤪😁 I was too bleary eyed to comment then. But anyway, thank you for my tour of Texas. I have been in Texas 26 years and haven’t explored it enough. I loved the story about the boy that saved the lives of others. He sacrificed himself for others. It seems like a good story for Easter weekend.

Expand full comment
Jim Bob Moore's avatar

Thanks, Bridget. I've always thought there should be a memorial to John Bankston, JR in front of his high school up in Ennis. And, yes, it is a story for Easter weekend. I was at the river covering that story when Amanda was only 3 months old and I had just become a father. When his dad later asked us to fly him in our helicopter to help find his son, I could not say no. I think we flew up and down the river for three days and then DPS flew him for a few. Senior came back the next year to look some more. The river never simply gave the kid back up. I covered a lot of sad stories, but that was among the saddest, and, as you suggest, also heartening because of his demonstration of the human spirt.

Expand full comment
John Warren's avatar

What a magnificent piece of writing! I have always enjoyed your writing as a journalist, but this goes way beyond any newspaper piece I’ve ever read. Bravo!

John Warren, Austin Texas

Expand full comment
DeeceX's avatar

As usual, your writing is so evocative and engaging. I felt like I was out there again, watching those big skies and the primordial play of nature across them. See you in the Broken Wheel Bar soon, my friend.

Expand full comment