April 1992
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Features
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Holy Trinity
Three Spanish missions are El Paso’s own heaven on earth.
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The Killer Next Door
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.
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“This Is the Alamo!”
If Congressman Charlie Wilson has his way, the humble wood chip will be the focus of a trade war between East Texas and Japan.
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The Blood of the Farentholds
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.
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Wish We Were There
Vintage Texas postcards depict larger-than-life views in hyper hues.
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My Underwater Self
From the YMCA pool to the ocean blue, I’ve always been at peace in the deep.
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Columns
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Hard Rock
It chopped, it scraped, it cut, it carved! Texas’ own Alibates flint helped civilize a continent.
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Radio Central
Part history, part gossip, part stream of consciousness, Mattie Dellinger’s talk show speaks to the heart of Center, Texas.
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Other People’s Money
A man with big ambitions, Paul Rush bought his way into San Antonio society. Too bad the money he spent wasn’t his.
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Testing Delusions
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 graduate school was a way …
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Having a Cow
Beyond Beef blames cattle for the decline of civilization—not to mention famine, pestilence, destruction, and death.
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Reporter
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Western Exposure
Igor Fedotov and Eugene Cherkasov fiddle around in Midland.
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Bingo Nation
The Choctaw Nation’s cavernous hall accommodates a weekly flood of fanatical game players.
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The Write Stuff
Suzanne Coleman reveals the secret of her success: “You have to be a sentimental fool.”
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Shooting Star
Arms maker Jim Leatherwood produces one ugly gun.
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Aquarena Mermaids
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 lung power, and proof of the …
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Liquor Licker
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.” Tequila tastes better, according to Peterman, …
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Web
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Chicken Tikka
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 Sauté celery, onion, and bacon in oil for 5 minutes. …
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Miscellany
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Split Personalities
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 result is a Capitol stalemate …
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The Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup
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. The decades-old roundup has been criticized …
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Corps Values
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 cadet from the beginning; I entered the …
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State Fare
From Avner Samuel, chef owner of Avner’s, Dallas.
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