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Two Families, Two Centuries, One Home
In August 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Crabb filed a building permit for their custom mid-century modern home in a tiny town in the Texas Panhandle. Exactly 52 years later, we became the second family to occupy “the Old Crabb House.” Though the Crabbs had long
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The Red Organdy Dress
There were seven girls in our family, and Mama declared she had to push every one of us out the door to go anywhere with anyone. She had loved nothing more than going to a dance when she was young and couldn't understand why we didn't. But of course,
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Mrs. Clifford's Sunflower
Mommy took me to my classroom on my first day of school. Back in 1951, our Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood was a safe place. Nevertheless, Mommy wanted to take me on my second day too. This time I said no. I let Mommy walk with me as far as the schoolya

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