The Muse is Loose

Nixon, Texas is south of San Antonio. It is a small town with only a couple of decent places to eat. It is a crossroads. Back in the sixties during a presidential campaign I remember seeing a couple of road signs. One pointed to Nixon. The other to Kenedy some thirty miles away. (It is spelled with one n). Nixon has been home to James and Laura Duprie and the kids. They bought an old home and spent days working on it. They thought the plans would be to spend a few years there. In coaching you best not make long plans without a long contract. Some "inside" events were taking place as locals took care of each other. James was squeezed out after a year where he won more ball games than they had in the last two years. He had increased the number of kids going out from the forties to almost seventy this Fall. But he was passed over for a local who had been there for six years and had grown up there, and was a basketball star. He didn't have a college degree until this May. Anyway, James didn't get AD so he decided to relocate. They are in this painful process right now. The next few days will be crucial. We shall see. Anyway, the population of Nixon is due to drop by FIVE sometime soon. Want to buy a house in Nixon?