Category Archives: Family

One Year Without My Brother, Scott

Posted on June 28, 2022 by bullersbackporch

Today marks one year since my brother, Scott Whitebird, died. Of course, he was gone before his body died. He was gone from us as soon as his head hit the tile floor after falling backwards from the first steps … Continue reading →

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Scott, My Brother & Musical Pied Piper (part 2)

Posted on September 7, 2021 by bullersbackporch

Part 1 offered a quick snapshot, that’s all. I could never fully list all of the bands my brother introduced me to. His early combos played most mid-60s rock staples like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Doors, Buffalo … Continue reading →

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Scott, My Brother & Musical Pied Piper (part 1)

Posted on September 4, 2021 by bullersbackporch

Although neither of our parents played music, we grew up hearing it. Dad listened to Nat King Cole and Spike Jones and Mom hummed hymns and sang along with the radio. They bought a piano and signed both Scott and me … Continue reading →

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Hard stop…Restart…

Posted on July 10, 2021 by bullersbackporch

Sometimes everything just stops. Like this blog. I haven’t posted here in close to 2 weeks. I could explain I’ve been on a journey, too focused on the details of traveling to divert my attention to writing. I could explain … Continue reading →

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Gran Massey Remembers…

Posted on February 10, 2021 by bullersbackporch

I’ve posted scores of excerpts from my grandfather’s memoirs here, including a lengthy section called “Pappa’s Childhood ” that my mom edited. He wrote so prolifically (sometimes repetitively) about his life, I will be harvesting fragments to share here for … Continue reading →

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“Notes on Alan & Sara” by Joanie Whitebird (Part 2)

Posted on November 27, 2020 by bullersbackporch

Continued from Part 1… When we last heard from Joanie about that wonderful weekend 31 years ago when Sara & I first met, she and the new happy couple were on their way back to Houston after an initial romantic … Continue reading →

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“Notes on Alan & Sara” by Joanie Whitebird (Part 1)

Posted on November 26, 2020 by bullersbackporch

for my dearest friends, brother & sister, Alan & Sara, a chronicle of events for “Posterity” — Love, Joanie The late Joanie Whitebird, noted poet & writer & minor literary legend — and my former sister-in-law — did indeed play … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day 2020

Posted on June 21, 2020 by bullersbackporch

Happy Father’s Day! I don’t always put up holiday posts from the back porch. The only other Father’s Day blog post I’ve ever posted, 5 years ago, summarized what I called “memory snapshots” of my dad, images that form the … Continue reading →

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“L. H. Buller, Prominent Palacios Citizen, Drowns” — Palacios Beacon, Jan. 1, 1931

Posted on January 2, 2020 by bullersbackporch

The front page headline of the January 1st, 1931 edition of the Palacios Beacon announced the death of my great-grandfather, Louis H. Buller. I recently wrote about the grandfather I never knew, Clarence Buller, and how I only learned of … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Dad

Posted on November 23, 2019 by bullersbackporch

Today would have been Dad’s 95th birthday. Given his lifelong habit of smoking, that was never gonna happen. He’s been gone almost 25 years. I shared a short set of “memory snapshots” of my dad a few years back. In … Continue reading →

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