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9/16/2023
We have lost 96 classmates
While locating "Lost Rebels" for our 55th Reunion, three more classmates were found to have passed....
Natasha Moehle passed away in August 2023.
John N. D. Moore passed away in 2020
Daryl G
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7/24/2023
We have lost nine more classmates.
While updating our class database,nine more classmates were found to have passed away. Condolences go to the families of
Irvin Chandler, Roger Eskew, Eugene (Ben) Glendening, Stephanie Irwi
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11/30/2022
Gregory Lynn Daily
Gregory Lynn Daily, beloved husband, father, and Papa, passed away in his home on Saturday, November 26, 2022.
Greg was born in Ord, Nebraska, but his family moved to Austin, Texas as quickl
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Today's Featured Biography
Meredith MIKE Nelson
Trying to write briefly about one's life without it sounding like a resume, a work of fiction or the ramblings of a raging self-obsessed lunatic is a challenge. But hey, I've always been challenging. Just ask any of my Travis teachers or ex-wives. Always had a problem with brevity - ask any of my editors.
Moral of this life story? Big-shotism only leads to disaster. It's when I've done good for others that life has paid off, not when I got big paychecks. Still in the writing game. I think I have 15 books published. Almost all out-of-print. Still writing travel guides to Mexico and still, just like in the sixties, on the road. It has been a great life, with a lot of ups and downs. Loved 'em both.
Be grateful for what and whom you've got. They can be snuffed out like a sputtering candle and float away like disappearing wisps of smoke.
First of all, unlike most here, there are no grandkids to brag upon. No kids either. Yep, the Nelson line ends here, which will raise cheers in some quarters.
Spent the first decade or so after HS hitchhiking the USA, then to South America. BS'ed my way into a magazine in Lima, Peru. Went partially down the Amazon in a dugout, got heat stroke, saved by indigenous family. Later spent time in Central America and Mexico. Moved to New Orleans. Got married. Got divorced.
Tried my hand at working for a living, as Jr. exec at Citibank, Memphis then at hospital in New Orleans. Became stock options day-trader in early 80's. Got rich. Lost it all. Moved to Mexico. Lived in tin-roof hut on $110 month. Wrote first book. Got agent in Los Angeles. He quit after too much rejection. Fell in love and moved to Seattle. Still like Seattle.
Up and down sums it up. Speculated in Options Market gain. Made ton of money. Lost it all. Left San Diego for the Rio Grande Valley in borrowed car. Arrived with $12, half tank of gas.
Started computer services biz in Valley. Offered job desktop-publishing and writing for Sanborn's Mexico Insurance. They were impressed that I lived in Pto. Escondido, Oaxaca. Loved that job for 13 years. Got married. Got divorced. When I was 7 years old, my folks drove to Mexico with the Sanborn's Travelog. I said then that I wanted to do that when I grew up. Can't vouch for the growing up part, but I got the job.
Got to be a big shot, quoted and written about in Texas Monthly, Wall Street Journal, NY Times. Was media spokesman for Mexico tourism. Got a swelled head. Quit my dream job in a fit of hubris.
At time of first reunion, had just landed job with MTV as location scout for Road Rules. Peachy. Otherwise would have been there. Was in Mexico.
Since then (my space and time grow short - as do all of ours in the existential sense). Began self-publishing. Was picked up by real publishers. Wrote books on Mexico living and travel. Moved back to Los Angeles. Wrote series of self-improvement books. Started national support group. Actually had an Amazon best-seller for a week or so.
Moved to Galveston. Moved back to Austin. Apartment burned down. No insurance. No clothes except for bathrobe. My dog, Fluffy and I then became semi-homeless, moving from couch to couch. Yes, it was the most spiritually rewarding time of my life. Felt at peace for the first time. And grateful for what we did have. All those people who read my books donated stuff and money to us. Even a couple of Travis friends. What goes around comes around.
Met a New Yorker who wrote me from my website about moving to Mexico. We went in an old beater that my sister gave me the money to buy. Car overheated every 100 miles. It was a long trip. We got to know each other. She was not bothered by all our stops on the side of the road. I figured she was a keeper with that kind of equanimity.
So, to draw this missive to a welcome conclusion, been back in the Valley (McAllen) for 12-13 years or so. Been married for 10. Third time is the charm.
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