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When I was growing up, East Texas might as well have been another planet.

I grew up in Phoenix.

There was me, my dad, my brother Dan, and the Catholic schools where we were often the only black kids.

In my mind, Texas was big hats, rodeos, that showed Dallas.

And the only thing that connected me to the state was a chunk of land

my family owned there. My dad's land was in a tiny town called Gilmer, near Mount Pleasant,

where we have a lot of distant relatives. We drove through there once, but I don't remember

meeting any relatives. I do recall sleeping in the car and arguing with my brother.

After Arizona, I moved to California and then France, about as far as you get from Phoenix.

Sometimes my dad would call me and talk about the Texas property.

How would buy a better life for him and my brother, who has a disability. How there might be oil on the land or some kind of rare timber.

I was never sure how seriously I should take him,

but sometimes I like to fantasize that this could be my retirement.

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