Sunday morning we watched the sun rise over downtown Houston through the window of our hotel room by the loop highway, and what dialed up with first light was a ready-made book cover for some 1970s science fiction novel set in the overheated future of 2022, the office towers of the global petrochemical giants bathed in a weird haze that you wanted to convince yourself was just some tropical springtime fog, but the air quality warning on the weather bot let you know was more than natural moisture. It was uncomfortably beautiful with its dissolved palette of oranges, greens and grays composed in a perfect horizontal bleed, an auspice that we should alter our plans and take our kid to the
Ireland is a long way from Austin but I did live in El Paso for a few years so I have a bit of a grá for Texas! Anyway I love all your writing and thank you for sharing your neighbourhood so beautifully.
great to hear your perspective on the giga goliath. i too have canoed that stretch of the Colorado, and marveled at the wildlife and wild land so close to the city.
You always make my Sunday morning reading informative, entertaining and a little scary! Thanks for all that! We use to want to come to ATX to chill, now, l just want to use these posts as l guide for our next visit.
yucca! spiderwort!! and easy way to comment, now :)
Ireland is a long way from Austin but I did live in El Paso for a few years so I have a bit of a grá for Texas! Anyway I love all your writing and thank you for sharing your neighbourhood so beautifully.
This is so wonderfully written, a lot of your writing has inspired me to become a writer. Will continue to check out the substack!
great to hear your perspective on the giga goliath. i too have canoed that stretch of the Colorado, and marveled at the wildlife and wild land so close to the city.
You always make my Sunday morning reading informative, entertaining and a little scary! Thanks for all that! We use to want to come to ATX to chill, now, l just want to use these posts as l guide for our next visit.
Another great read! Thank you Chris.
Well written. One of your best.
When you say you’ll be “in the field,” I definitely picture you in the middle of a literal field.