We had a lovely day. We went to Bobby's and watched Billie
Bob Thornton's version of The Alamo. We have watched at
least 5 or 6 versions and relish all of them because it makes
us feel close to those of our family who were part of Texas
History.

We came home and had crab cakes for dinner and it made me
think of the time we went to Galveston with friends and
ended up going crabbing. We had wire baskets and chicken
necks and caught a big picnic icebox full in no time. We
had rented a condo and the crabs swam around until we got
to our friends home the next day. She had an enormous
fish kettle . Our hostess was merciless about dropping those
poor crabs in boiling water. It is a gulf coast thing but I
didn't enjoy the cooking. I did enjoy the huge lumps of crab
meat drenched in dill butter. We dined royally and then my
hostess and I prepared the rest for the freezer.

She was a real sea food lover. She packed the trunk of her
new buick with ice and shrimp because she didn't have a
container and couldn't miss out on the fresh shrimp. That
car smelled forever.