Category Archives: Personal History

The history of Sam, and how he got to where he is from where he was

Things are . . . arranged

Posted on December 23, 2005 by Marchbanks

Those who have to know do know, for right now. Continue reading →

Posted in Comanche, Family, Personal History | 5 Comments

Like Webster, I am “much possessed by death”

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Marchbanks

The ugly part comes tomorrow when C and I have to go together to tell Mother that JP is dead. Continue reading →

Posted in Comanche, Family, Personal History | 22 Comments

There is something fundamentally off

Posted on June 15, 2005 by Marchbanks

about having to pay for one’s own birthday dinner. Continue reading →

Posted in Minutiae, Personal History | 14 Comments

Art and Sausages go together hand in hand . . . .*

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Marchbanks

There was no way to explain this away. Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Personal History | 5 Comments

The Comanche Syndrome and the mortgage

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Marchbanks

We haven’t worked it out completely, but at the moment it looks like we’re third cousins. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Personal History | 2 Comments

Austin, we have a Longhorn

Posted on March 25, 2005 by Marchbanks

A third-generation Longhorn, no less. Continue reading →

Posted in Family | 7 Comments

Two family stories set in Mexico

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Marchbanks

They read “Cuidado con el tren”—literally, “be careful with the train.” Continue reading →

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A sense of hole(i)ness

Posted on February 16, 2005 by Marchbanks

I was raised to the idea that if jeans got a hole in ’em, you put an embroidered patch over the hole. Continue reading →

Posted in Personal History | 4 Comments

Another long-running battle lost

Posted on November 26, 2004 by Marchbanks

And it’s still an artificial Christmas tree, and I still despise it. Continue reading →

Posted in Family | 10 Comments

Okay. Officially wow.

Posted on October 23, 2004 by Marchbanks

T just got her SAT scores back today. She scored a 1490. Continue reading →

Posted in Family | 6 Comments