Mama the Cook
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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