𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗕𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬

Eight years ago on the West Trail; Diego, Felix, Jack following the lead dog (hard to believe these boys are now in middle school and high school respectively)

Greeted at the gate by Brownsville's most lovable Doberman and three little dogs of varying breeds, I showed up yesterday at the love-filled home of my son, Diego, daughter-in-law Isela and precocious grandsons Jack and Felix. (In the first order of business, Isela brought me a beer.)

The West Brownsville home, on one of those wide, comfortable streets, while not listed on the historic register, is nonetheless historic, constructed over a century ago to meet the needs of the city's beekeeper, but now has its walls totally covered with Isela's rock 'n' memorabilia, while Diego's ever-evolving landscaping constantly changes the look of the outside lot.

Grandson Jack, something of a teckie, has assembled in the boy's bedroom, a powerful laptop beast from online components, with CPU, RAM and storage off the charts, connecting it to two large wall monitors. (Felix has something similar in the developmental stage.)

Anyway, I visited mostly with Isela's dad, Johnny, as the Detroit Lions performed on the TV, both of us having a similar view of Cowboy's owner, Jerry Jones, agreeing the team would have won several more Super Bowls had Jones' egomania and narcissism not led to the firing of Jimmy Johnson.

Annie Lennox

During Isela's fine meal, I garnered a bit of rock 'n' roll cred, showing the lady of the house a response I'd received from Annie Lennox, formerly of the Eurythmics, who totally agreed with my comment on a Beatle's site about the nature of Ringo Starr's drumming.

DeMarvion Overshown

During the lull before the start of the Cowboys' game, we exchanged hugs and I made my exit, driving across a mostly-dormant town and arriving home in time to witness the Cowboys' 24 year old, flashy linebacker, DeMarvion Overshown, batting the ball into the air to himself, then racing 23 yards for a  Pick-6.

So many reasons to Give Thanks on this and every day!