The Dolphin welcomes Bob Lindsey back to Port O’Connor. Although his family moved around quite a bit, Bob spent many of his formative years in Port O’Connor and most of his relatives live here. He considers Port O’Connor his “home base”.

Bob arrived back in Port O’Connor in October after living in Gemany for the past 26 years. He has had a varied business background including being a Private Investigator with his own security company; working for NBC News out of the Frankfurt, Germany bureau and coaching semi-pro and high school baseball. He was an international scout for the Cincinnati Reds from 2007 through the 2010 season.

Bob currently resides with his sister and brother-in-law, Mickie and Craig Vossler. His other sister is Donna McGuire, who many of us know from her work at Speedy Stop.

At the age of 63, Bob has decided to pursue his passion for writing poetry. Below you will find “Dreaming of Paradise”, which describes the feelings of many who dream of having a home in Port O’Connor. For a nostalgic remembrance of fishing with a childhood buddy, see “We Were the Water Warriors” in the fishing section of this issue.

The Dolphin welcomes Bob Lindsey to Port O’Connor and looks forward to more of his poetic works.

Dreaming of Paradise

By Bob Lindsey

we walked the back roads
near the beach
looking at the nice places
they are all nice places
many for sale
real estate signs
say

even corner lots
with pruned palms
weekend paradises
standing
on stilts
one, painted baby blue

we’ll have that one
we decide
she is excited
that we have found the one

I check my pockets
there is no cash
there – just old receipts from
Wal-Mart

we’ll wait a few days
before calling the real estate lady
listed on the sign

January 2012