Duo Does Dallas

We got to Pat and Jim's house just before dark, the last 30 or so miles gawking at how Dallas has grown in the past 16 years...and all we saw was just the far north. Pat and Jim were our back-door neighbors and wonderful friends during our Dallas years, 1983-1996, and we have managed to stay in touch over the years. We enjoyed two days and two nights with them--including the Super Bowl--and Pat's great cooking too; and Jim's great scotch.

Not pictured department: Pat and Jim (I'm still awaiting Jim's photos of the four of us); and Ruth and Vernon Morgan, whom we visited Sunday afternoon. Ruth was my boss at SMU; she was provost there, and the best boss I ever had. She retired in 1992 but has stayed quite active as a scholar and civic leader; she will be leading Dallas' redistricting effort this year. She and Vernon are also very active world travelers...way ahead of us, and much to be emulated.

Our old house on Kevin Drive, pretty much gone to seed,

but the rest of the neighborhood looks great



Part of Vicki's library at Lakehill, where we visited Monday

afternoon; we spent several hours just driving around old

haunts; more gawking





Susie and Tony; Susie was one of Vicki's

Lakehill colleagues; they took us to one of

the better beer emporiums I have seen,
world-wide, out on Lake Ray Hubbard