By Madison [madi@yada-yada.com]
Date: 2 September 1999

Bret

So I’m watching the local news coverage down South Texas, of the destruction left behind after Hurricane Bret blew through. Falfurrias, I knew some people who lived in that small, almost border town. Relatives from my first marriage. There were buildings downed, trees uprooted, and livelihoods devastated.

Camera close-up: remains of an Exxon station where the leathered old man admitted he’d been around long enough not to be defeated by his unfortunate turn of events. Simply put, he said, “You take what’s left, 'n you try to fix it best you can, and you move on.”

You take what’s left, you try to fix it, and you move on.

Yeah.



M Madison
23 aug 99

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