Molly Ivins, 1944-2007. RIP

"I have a grandly dramatic vision of myself stalking through the canyons of the Big Apple in the rain and cold, dreaming about driving with the soft night air of East Texas rushing on my face while Willie Nelson sings softly on the radio, or about blasting through the Panhandle under a fierce sun and pale blue sky....I’ll remember, I’ll remember....sunsets, rivers, hills, plains, the Gulf, woods, a thousand beers in a thousand joints, and sunshine and laughter. And people. Mostly I’ll remember people."

--Molly Ivins, 1976

Well, it's not like it wasn't expected, but it's still a damn shame. Not even the snow can cheer me up now.

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