Word After Word

Western wear, women in western wear, and quoting Mark Twain

Kentucky

A very large formal portrait of himself with a silver afro

Fish and smoked fish

Cooking, iron skillets

Dogs. All dogs. Little Bobby.

The idea of large backyard parties with messa fish smoked by him

Tile

Having a garden out back

Gene Nable

His mother Ruth

That his grandmother Mallie smoked a cigar

That he ate possum and squirrel as a boy

Talking

Dancing with women on parquet dance floors in small bars

Ruby

New Orleans and specifically Justin Wilson

Cards

Crystal souvenirs

Freddy Fender, Willie Nelson, etc.

Excellent furniture, modern design, smoked glass

Extravagant Hand Gestures

Onions, garlic, salami, BBQ, liverwurst

Saying Interesting Ridiculous Things (like when he is in the hospital after cardiac arrest   and asked what happened, “I got bit by a dog.” He says these things always in

            a serious and very intentional way so you think there’s layered meanings and humor but you aren’t ever sure.)

Orientation. He never got lost.