Wearing one won’t make you a real live cowboy, but it sure will brand you as a modern Texan.
June 1983

Features
Kids, house, husband - these are the natural enemies of a well-ordered day.

Like the hero of a boys’ novel, George Bush moved from the East to the wild and woolly West. He wanted to prove himself, by golly, to Yale, Procter & Gamble, and the old man.
Meet the ocelot, not as pet, not as fur coat, but in its best role - an elusive remnant of Texas’ wild past.
Discover another side of the Texas coast - its peerless beachcombing, legendary beer joints, odd birds (feathered and otherwise), and lovable year-round scruffiness.
Columns
From out of the West Texas plains comes the rich, beautiful sound of the Thouvenel String Quartet.
Danny Williams of Dallas has a clear grasp of the modern masters and unequaled ambition and skill.
Austin blueswoman Angela Strehli is an enigma, but there’s no secret to her success: she writes great material and sings it with unbeatable style.
Forget firemen and cowboys, Today’s kid wants to be a superhero.
For many of Texas’ mental patients, the world outside the state hospital is what’s keeping them sane.
Miscellany
Big banks have interest in Delaware - but so far no principle; a price-fixing suit puts realtors out of commission; why some teachers don’t deserve a pay raise; a new kingmaker emerges in South Texas.
Reporter
Hard times in Port Arthur; the lost art of nasty correspondence lives on in Big Spring; the woes of Kathy Whitmire; the Newlywed Game comes to Midland; gloves off in the book business.