Contents
Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt
Introduction
Dedication
Section 1: Short Call
The Wayward Winds
Pickled Beets
The Tower of Babel
Friday Night Lights
“A Worthy Woman Is More Valuable than Rubies”
High-Toned Women
Consider the Lilies (or Roses or Daisies) of the Field
“If There Be Any Virtue, Any Praise, Think on These Things
“Will Jesus Find Us Watching?”
Cleanliness Is Next to . . . Outhouses
It’s Hip to be Square
The Games People Play
Primer on Poke Sallet
Tex-Mex Corn Bread
Addie’s Household Helpful Hints? Ask Watkins
Some Cutting Remarks about Pocket Knives
What Are Friends For?
Before Dryers There Was Something Called a Clothesline
Effie and Earley in a Weather Prediction Showdown
Hang On to Your Hat
Feeling Blue? Try Apricot Cake
Livestock Journal: Pig Report
“But Ask Now the Beasts, and They Shall Teach Thee”
Make a Joyful Noise
Well Dressed Women Always Wear Aprons
School Daze
School Ways
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Section 2: Long Call
More than Cooks in the Kitchen
Shopping Was an Art
Recipe for a Birthday Cake
Scriptures, Philosophy, and Common Sense Make a Sage
Mama and the Box Top Christmas
New Year’s Wish
A Psalm for West Texas
Endnotes
Index