Why in the world would elementary school children want to stay after school? In the case of the seventy-five members of the “Green Team” at Wakefield Elementary school, it’s because they want to dig in the dirt.
Month: March 2009
Apple Outpost
Grant Chapman, 27, is Bonham’s Johnny Appleseed, and he slices and dices and fixes Apple computers at his family’s store on Bonham’s Center Street. Grant, dad Bill and mom Margie, have been in Bonham just over a year, and they have built a good business around fixing PCs and Macs by mail order.
Hitting the Hip Notes
There was ice in the wind outside, but inside it was “Summertime,” as Sherman High’s Bearcat Jazz Band played the 1935 George Gershwin standard from Porgy and Bess. It made no difference that the venue was the Piner Middle School cafeteria; the audience and musicians alike might just as well have been in a tucked-away jazz club at 18th and Vine in Kansas City, the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem or Preservation Hall in the Vieux Carré. It was proof of music beyond Hanna Montana. Jazz lives.
Growing Green Thumbs
Children and parents can spend many satisfying hours together digging in the dirt to the benefits of both.
It’ll Never Grow Here
Any seasoned gardener can give you a list of what won’t last long in Texomaland and tell you why, citing grasshoppers, spider mites, drought, flood, wind and hail, cold and heat, black soil, white soil, and the plain old rotten terrior in their own back yards. But who cares? For every delicate northern beauty they lament, I can show them a tough, sophisticated Texas charmer that will laugh at their fears.
Make MIne a Reuben
The first true sandwich arrived when John Montague (1718-1792), the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, called for the kitchen at his favorite gambling club to bring him meat tucked between two slices of bread so he would not have to interrupt the game. (He probably was losing. When you are winning you want to interrupt the game and take home the cash.) Montague, whose middle name was not Reuben, tried to draw to an inside straight and was forgotten save for his gift to the sandwich noshing world.
Smoked Salmon & Brie
Chef Cathy Zeis’s Smoked Salmon & Brie sandwich is a superb addition to any summer picnic.
Turkey Pesto Avocado Croissant
Chef Cathy Zeis’s Turkey Pesto Avocado Croissant makes a fantastic sandwich for any summer outing.
Crunchy Chicken Salad
Crunchy Chicken Salad makes a delicious summer sandwich that the whole family can enjoy.
Double-Chocolate Fudge Cake
Donna Neff of Denison is retired after thirty-nine years as a hairdresser. She loves to cook, sew and tend her garden. She cooks regularly for the First Baptist Church in Denison. She said her signature chocolate cake is based on a family recipe that she modified over the years until it was what she wanted.