June 1983
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Features
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Texas Primer: The Name Belt
Wearing one won’t make you a real live cowboy, but it sure will brand you as a modern Texan.
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For Names’ Sake
Life is tough all over, but especially for Juniors.
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It’s Just Another Day
Kids, house, husband – these are the natural enemies of a well-ordered day.
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George Bush, Plucky Lad
Can a man be right and be president? The vice president, who still believes in all the old-fashioned boys’-novel virtues, thinks so.
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Phantom Cat of the Valley
Meet the ocelot, not as pet, not as fur coat, but in its best role – an elusive remnant of Texas’ wild past.
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Funky Riviera
Discover another side of the Texas coast – its peerless beachcombing, legendary beer joints, odd birds (feathered and otherwise), and lovable year-round scruffiness.
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Columns
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The Sphinx Who Sings
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.
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Three Feet Six, Blue Tights, Red Cape
Forget firemen and cowboys, Today’s kid wants to be a superhero.
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Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest
For many of Texas’ mental patients, the world outside the state hospital is what’s keeping them sane.
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Midland on a String
From out of the West Texas plains comes the rich, beautiful sound of the Thouvenel String Quartet.
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Behind the Lines
On the team, off the team.
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The Retrograde Sophisticate
Danny Williams of Dallas has a clear grasp of the modern masters and unequaled ambition and skill.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly 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.
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Miscellany
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Touts
Hit the deck, shoot the breeze.
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State Secrets
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.
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Puzzle
Stoned at home.
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