Memorials and minefields
There's a family gathering out in Houston this evening to remember and celebrate the life of a man I knew well. He was my first cousin. ...
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Jeff Lowe
- Apr 22
- 1 min
The Nebraska Boys
From the family collection: Tommy, Chris, Chuck, and Burt. I'm guessing 1950. Kimball, in western Nebraska. Strong, tough young men...
Jeff Lowe
- Apr 20
- 3 min
A mysterious and deadly chemistry
I know of a man in Alabama, late 50s, who committed suicide recently. I didn't know him well, personally, just through the financial...
Jeff Lowe
- Apr 18
- 2 min
To be seaworthy
In the early 1950's a young woman from a poor family in western Nebraska joined the Navy to escape a short, abusive marriage. Her older...
Jeff Lowe
- Apr 13
- 1 min
To Andy and Julieta
Rest in peace, cuz. Thanks to God you found such a beautiful love before you left us. Tom Waits wrote a song for you. It says: In the...
Jeff Lowe
- Apr 8
- 1 min
A thorny rose
He lies inert, unaware on his hospital bed, a victim of violence at the hands of someone close to him. That relationship, and the...
Jeff Lowe
- Apr 5
- 1 min
The demon tells a story to the shrink
What people once ascribed to demonic possession now gets tagged as schizophrenia (or some variant). We may go from prayerful...
Jeff Lowe
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
The Baby's Cry
A crucial motif in the novel Rufus is the sound of a baby crying. The boogeyman snatches up the child in his sack and totes her off into...
Jeff Lowe
- Sep 11, 2019
- 1 min
WTC Remembrance
In the summer of '98 my family took a trip to NYC. I took this pic of my daughters. I remember.