April 1992

Apr 1, 1992 — By Robert Draper

Sissy Farenthold’s family has long battled with its capacity for self-destruction. With the disappearance of her youngest son, the battle is once again joined.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Anne Dingus

Vintage Texas postcards depict larger-than-life views in hyper hues.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Stephen Harrigan

From the YMCA pool to the ocean blue, I’ve always been at peace in the deep.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Dana Rubin

Three Spanish missions are El Paso’s own heaven on earth.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Gayle Golden

For six years, my landlord and his wife were the perfect neighbors. Then he was accused of murdering her—and suddenly I didn’t know what to believe.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Paul Burka

If Congressman Charlie Wilson has his way, the humble wood chip will be the focus of a trade war between East Texas and Japan.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Melanie Cole

It chopped, it scraped, it cut, it carved! Texas’ own Alibates flint helped civilize a continent.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Kathy Lowry

A man with big ambitions, Paul Rush bought his way into San Antonio society. Too bad the money he spent wasn’t his.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Gregory Curtis

This year is the twenty-sixth anniversary of the hardest test I ever took. Then, about to graduate from college with an English degree, I had been in school for so long and had liked it so much that I had no particular yearning to go out into the world. Perhaps…

Apr 1, 1992 — By Elmer Kelton

Beyond Beef blames cattle for the decline of civilization—not to mention famine, pestilence, destruction, and death.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Dick Hitt

Part history, part gossip, part stream of consciousness, Mattie Dellinger’s talk show speaks to the heart of Center, Texas.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Paul Burka

With the never-ending school finance crisis entering its umpteenth round, Governor Ann Richards and Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock appear to be on a collision course. Richards has decided that the educational problems of public schools should be considered along with their funding problems. Bullock has decided just the opposite. The…

Apr 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

Photojournalist Jim Cammack was struck by an odd sight at Sweetwater’s annual spring rattlesnake roundup: a man with a tail. No, the man, a Jaycees volunteer, was not participating in a roundup-sanctioned snake-wrestling contest. He was demonstrating one technique for holding the powerful Western diamondback while milking its venom.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

As a female member of Texas A&M’s Parsons Mounted Cavalry (“one of the units most determined to remain all male”), I want to clear up some of the misconceptions in Mimi Swartz’s “Love and Hate at Texas A&M” [TM, February 1992]. I have been a Drill and Ceremony…

Jan 20, 2013 — By Patricia Sharpe

From Avner Samuel, chef owner of Avner’s, Dallas.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Helen Thompson

Suzanne Coleman reveals the secret of her success: “You have to be a sentimental fool.”

Apr 1, 1992 — By Helen Thompson

Arms maker Jim Leatherwood produces one ugly gun.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

Water acts may ebb and flow, but since 1950 the polyester-clad mermaids at San Marcos’ Aquarena Springs have barely had time to keep their heads above water. Their subaquatic dances are a tribute to the popularity of such swimming celebrities as Esther Williams and Johnny Weissmuller, a testament to…

Apr 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

Larry Peterman is a revisionist where suckers are concerned. His new tequila lollipop con gusano (complete with the worm) is his take on making hard liquor palatable: “We tried using mescal,” he says, “but it tasted so bad—kind of like burned dirt with rubbing alcohol—that nobody would eat it.”…

Apr 1, 1992 — By Helen Thompson

Igor Fedotov and Eugene Cherkasov fiddle around in Midland.

Apr 1, 1992 — By Helen Thompson

The Choctaw Nation’s cavernous hall accommodates a weekly flood of fanatical game players.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

Chicken Tikka with Yellow Lentils and Crispy Pappadums Yellow Lentils 2 tablespoons each celery, onion, and bacon, finely chopped 1⁄2 ounce olive oil 5 cups (40 ounces) chicken stock 2 tablespoons curry powder 2 cups dried split yellow or pink lentils Kosher salt to taste…