I can't account for another person's taste, but this Shepherd's pie bought about noon Friday at one of the two Safeways in the Sacred Precincts of Burke, almost certainly would not please many palates. What a surprise awaited us when…
Yessirre, An Issue Devoted to Many Things Texas. Now if only Garden and Gun, explained the old "Drive Friendly" signs or the "Don't Mess with Texas" mentality, it would have been truly insightful. For all you Texas Ex's l, currently…
Since we are nation that treasures "a day for everything," tomorrow, January 16 marks "Religious Freedom Day," which in being contorted in every which-way by today's American Savanarolas and Comstocks. Under that banner, they pontificate with holier-than-thou zealous rhetoric from…
On this brilliant, but cold mid-January Sunday morning, the side of the manse looking back toward the forest and down the slope to the watershed of Olde Creek [the extra e, not a personal affectation] was filled with dozens of…
So in the greater scheme of things, like choosing a Speaker for the House of Representatives or almost any other thing you may think of, having two publications -- both quarterlies, arriving on the same day as indefatigable Kevin McCarthy…
Since the Christmas Tamales arrived today -- they must have been working on the Julian calendar [or booked on Southwest Airways as "free travel" baggage].in Texas and the Safeway had no Margaret Holmes' hoppin' john on the shelf, I was…
I was introduced to Christmas tamales in 1975 when my Texas-ex fiancée [Anglo but from Corpus Christi] began working with masa harina, with corn husks on the counter, and chicken, black beans [canned, I think], chiles [canned, definitely] on a…
