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Tag: San Antonio

Mama the Cook

Posted on August 1, 2018April 23, 2019 by Clay

Mama was not a very good cook. She was an inspirational schoolteacher, the kind to whom people sent tear-wrinkled letters of gratitude, years after they left her classroom. She pulled…

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When we moved to San Antonio

Posted on October 28, 2015March 16, 2017 by Clay

Hollywood Park, our neighborhood, lay about 12 miles from downtown on the extreme northern edge of the city. Hollywood Park in 1970 was…

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More memories of Mama

Posted on May 11, 2014March 24, 2017 by Clay

Mama’s been gone for six years now. It was her last minor act of cruelty that she managed to die just a few…

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Points off for a men’s room

Posted on February 24, 2014March 19, 2017 by Clay

Right at the beginning I want to stress that what I’m about to discuss is not an issue over which I’ve fretted since…

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Nacho memories

Posted on February 1, 2014March 23, 2017 by Clay

Twice in the last week I’ve made tortilla chips by cutting corn tortillas into sixths and frying them. It’s cheaper than buying pre-made…

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My San Antonio

Posted on February 26, 2013March 19, 2017 by Clay

You can take the man out of Texas… The dates of the siege of the Alamo are so ingrained that I always think…

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Something familiar

Posted on February 11, 2013March 21, 2017 by Clay

As I’ve written here, this trip to the south of France has been my first time in this part of the country. In…

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