Kick-ass Texas Women we have lost
I noted this morning before I started work that Molly Ivins died yesterday. I did what probably several hundreds of women across the country did: I cried.
There's really nothing to say about Molly that hasn't been said by hundreds of other people, and much more eloquently than I could. All I can add is that her column in the liberal alternative paper in Lubbock was a bright glimmer in the Republican duststorm that is West Texas.
Molly's death brought to mind another kick ass Texas woman who died not long ago - Ann Richards. I remember an interview she did with Katie Couric on PBS that was broadcast from the 92nd Street Y in New York. She was inspiring. She actually made me look FORWARD to getting older.
To bring the circle round: Molly Ivins remembers Ann Richards.
I miss you both.
There's really nothing to say about Molly that hasn't been said by hundreds of other people, and much more eloquently than I could. All I can add is that her column in the liberal alternative paper in Lubbock was a bright glimmer in the Republican duststorm that is West Texas.
Molly's death brought to mind another kick ass Texas woman who died not long ago - Ann Richards. I remember an interview she did with Katie Couric on PBS that was broadcast from the 92nd Street Y in New York. She was inspiring. She actually made me look FORWARD to getting older.
To bring the circle round: Molly Ivins remembers Ann Richards.
I miss you both.
3 Comments:
Yeah, I felt like I'd been punched in the gut when I saw that she had died. What a huge loss. I will miss her so very much.
Thank you, Ann. xo
You're welcome Deb, a kick-ass Texas woman I'm glad to have found.
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