you will be missed …

Last month I was contacted by a fellow from Texas Monthly magazine [one of my top favorite magazines, I must add] requesting use of one of the photos I had taken of my dear departed friend, John Paul Barnich. His passing earlier this year left a great big hole in my heart, as well as many other’s hearts. But knowing him, and knowing how he touched my life by knowing him, mended that ache.

The photos I had taken, which are on my flickr account, were from his being sworn in as municipal judge. It was a great day that i was happy to have been a part of.

[shown here with Annise Parker and Berta Mejia, who both
shared their words and memories at his memorial earlier this year]

The December issue of Texas Monthly has a wonderful article of prominent Texans who passed away in 2009. Among them: Walter Cronkite, David “Fathead” Newman, Farah Fawcett and Patrick Swayze. And most notably, and personally, my dear friend John Paul. [technically originally from Michigan, Texas adopted him as its native son ... and proudly so].