Plant it, sit in its shade, but most of all, feast on its fruit.
October 1982

Features
Roy Kendall, self-taught lepidopterist, would want you to add this to the list of reasons for living in Texas: nowhere else in the U.S. are there so many beautiful and unusual butterflies.
Jim Collins is running for the Senate on the claim that it's better to be right (wing) than to pass bills. If he wins, it will change Texas politics.

The inside story of Boone Pickens' adventures in the Wall Street merger game, featuring action, suspense, drama, a few laughs, and a special guest appearance by President Ronald Reagan.
Columns
The footloose scout in Larry McMurtry's Cadillac Jack travels on and off the beaten track in omnivorous pursuit of women and objects d'art. In The Shadow Line, New-Yorker-turned-Texan Laura Furman captures the atmosphere of Inner Loop Houston.
Johnny Copeland had to abandon his Gulf Coast home and head for New York City before he could make hi mark with the blues.
He has no manners, polish, or panache. He has stubble, a low brow, and a violent temper. Thanks to filmakers from down under, he's the new Austrailian male.
To join the toot set at Dallas' flashiest clubs, you need voguish looks, a sturdy constitution, and a fat pocketbook.
Miscellany
West Texas' Indian motels; dueling fundraisers; a not-so-sweet deal; adventures in the legal trade.
Reporter
The harsh truth about Mexican corruption; the twilight zone of Houston journalism; the instant $82 million oil bust; the tastemakers of art-to-eat.