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The Longest Day
THE LONGEST DAYBy Mike Jackson I think there is a density to major events in your life. You can feel them if you are listening. You see things that take place in the future without realizing it. For me, it is usually there. I can feel a change coming, like you do when the barometric… Continue reading
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Sunday Driving Recollections
Writer’s note: This is the first published piece I ever wrote. It was featured in the Island News (Port Aransas, Texas) on December 12, 1985. I always loved how Ray Cushing the editor added the editors note under my by-line: Sunday Driving Recollections By Mike Jackson (Editors Note: Mike Jackson is a novelist and poet… Continue reading
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Leaving South Texas
On July 4th weekend 1986, something strange happened. The Port Aransas beach was filled with wild parties consisting of somewhere in the neighborhood of 600,000 people. This rocked our little island town usually consisting of 2,000 people hard. At my house, on Saturday night, I had some friends over. Things… Continue reading