I TELL YOU WHAT Jack’s childhood friend David Berry is hosting us while we’re in Conroe, Texas. Hailing from a family of 11 children who grew up in White Rock Lake behind Jack’s home, David shares just about every Texas memory Jack has since he grew up playing with...
I’LL TAKE SOME TEX WITH THAT MEX “Tex-Mex is the American original cuisine,” says Robb Walsh, food historian, author of The Tex-Mex Cookbook, and owner of Houston’s Tex-Mex El Real. “It’s not messed-up American food by a bunch of dumb gringos.” In fact, no no no. It...
EVERYTHING’S BIG IN TEXAS Last night Jack and I landed in the country’s fourth largest city, Houston, Texas. The city welcomed us with big trucks, bigger accents, bigger still personalities, and the biggest thunderstorm I have ever experienced. Because, when Texas...
I guess I’ll just find my own god-damned llama! Goats too.
Deirdre Timmons
An accomplished writer and filmmaker, Deirdre Timmons is a native Northwesterner who leads a busy life between working and spending time with her family. In the spring of 2013, Deirdre was caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s in addition to her normal routine. So when she began feeling tired and forgetful, she chalked it up to her busy schedule, age, and possible early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. It wasn’t long after that she began experiencing regular dizziness, lack of concentration, unexplained weight loss, and extensive bruising. This combination of symptoms seemed odd, so Deirdre sought the advice of her doctor and subsequently began physical therapy for dizziness. When the symptoms worsened, she pursued further investigation.
After MRIs, x-rays, blood tests, a CAT scan, and a brain biopsy, her brain surgeon diagnosed Deirdre with a malignant medulloblastoma brain tumor. Her prognosis: one month to live. That was five years ago.
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