From the monthly archives: October 2009
Thick, tangy, and very rich lemon curd is a standard table companion of any classic tea party. You’ll have to pay close attention while cooking to keep whisking. Your curd will be wonderfully smooth that way. Lemon curd can be served as a spread for scones or toast, and goes well with tea at any time of day. It is also wonderful as a filling in trifles, tarts, sponge and cakes. This recipe for for use in a small pastry shell as a tart.
Continue Reading →At first sight I was drawn to her shiny stainless steel outfit and fascinated by the colorful screen—blinking at me like some come hither siren, Then her voice. “Welcome to Albertson’s where check out is fast and easy.
Continue Reading →I was very disappointed to receive my copy of the July/August Issue and find several inappropriate pictures
Continue Reading →Explain this to me. Sometimes we receive your magazine, sometimes we don’t. When we do it has a label that says “Complimentary Issue.”
Continue Reading →It is wildlife lovers like Steve Armstrong, (Birds of Prey, July/August Issue) who are the most ardent protectors of wild species.
Continue Reading →Thank you for your article on the condos (Diamond Pointe) at Lake Texoma. Since the day they started putting it up I have wanted to get a peek inside. Wow!
Continue Reading →I met Becky and Linda about ten years ago. One of them lived in Pagosa Springs (about two hours from here) and I took a class they put on through our local quilting guild.
Continue Reading →From the first time I got my hands on Texoma Living! I have loved it. And couldn’t wait for the next issue. (In fact I place it in the same league as Texas Highways and Texas Monthly.)
Continue Reading →Leruth thought there was a need for a place where businessmen could conduct transactions in relative privacy, where the globehopping air force officers from Perrin could romance their ladies, where young lawyers could see and be seen, and where doctors and their wives could spend a quiet evening away from endless demands.
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It is called deltiology, from the Greek for “writing tablet.” It is the collecting of postcards, and it is one of the three most popular collecting hobbies in the world.
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Dream Home
The couple had a wish list for their perfect home. They wanted a master suite addition, an enlarged kitchen, a pantry and a laundry room, as well as a den with room for a television that Lawrence could call his own private space. Peggy drew plans to divide the existing large master bedroom into a pantry for the expanded kitchen, a guest bedroom, a utility room, and a hallway to access the new master bedroom suite that would be added onto the rear of the house. After several meetings they finalized the plans to start construction.
On Being a Cowboy
By most accounts the business of photographing kids on ponies began not long after the camera was invented. There are tintypes in museums with faded images of boys and girls astride, usually Shetland horses.
John Astin Perkins, Architect
John Astin Perkins was born into a well-to-do, well-connected McKinney family in 1907. Educated at Yale, the University of Texas and the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, he moved to Dallas upon finishing his education and began to design and build houses.
