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It's like a reawakening of the senses. The air is cool and sweet, the trees and grass seem greener, and the simple act of driving down the highway--no body armor, no weapons, no fear of being attacked--is exhilarating. My first stop in the country was Fort Bragg, for one final military hurdle: demobilization, a bureaucratic nightmare if ever there was one. (The outgoing chief of the Army Reserve, Lieutenant General James R. Helmly, has described mobilization as "fraught with friction" and "harmfull to soldiers," and the same can be said for one's return. He should be given an award for understatement.) The only thing that made it bearable was the fact that I would soon be free. Thoughts of home--car rides through the Hill Country, swims in Barton Springs, homegrown music on the radio--kept me going.
When I flew into Austin, I knew I was home at once. A live band was playing in the terminal; men wandered around in boots and cowboy hats; I saw beautiful women not dressed head to toe in black sheets and, of course, a guy in drag. All of that within...
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