#MarthaAndMichaelChronicles 11/13

Dec 5, 20225 min read

Amos Lee...and Waaaay Too Much Noise

You’ll remember that I’m telling the long and complicated story of our recent visit to San Antonio. We had gone for a lot of...

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Dec 2, 20224 min read

The Wretched Ruben [sic]

Okay, so last time I was talking about our trip to San Antonio and how I’d just ordered a Reuben sandwich at The Esquire, which is one of...

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Nov 30, 20224 min read

Meet Mr. Ruben, Esq.

The Esquire Tavern in San Antonio. Once among my favorite restaurants in the city, and maybe the world. It could be again. But, right now...

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Nov 28, 20223 min read

Living La Villita Local

So, last time I was writing about our recent visit to San Antonio. I had just gotten us up and out and on our way to La Villita. I ought...

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Nov 25, 20224 min read

Riverwalking

So, I’m picking up where I left off. You remember we had gone to San Antonio to enjoy the city and to catch an Amos Lee concert. We’d...

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Nov 23, 20225 min read

Omens...and stuff

Special note: I’m posting this today instead of on Thursday because tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I’m hoping we’ll all be too busy eating...

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Nov 21, 20224 min read

Meet Mr. Lee

Okay, last time I said that there were two reasons we went to San Antonio in June, 2022. One was that we just like the city. The...

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Nov 19, 20225 min read

The Old Home Week...that wasn’t

Hey, Everybody, So, I said that we were headed off on yet another adventure last time we spoke. Specifically, we were driving down to San...

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Nov 16, 20224 min read

Parking and other pains...

Okay, today...believe it or not...I’m going to finish up with our trip to Durham. No. Really. I am. There was only one minor (albeit...

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Nov 14, 20225 min read

House of Mirrors and Wonders

Picking up where I left off in Durham... Sunday was our last day in the city. It also proved to be the fullest. Forgive me, then, if I...

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Nov 12, 20224 min read

Of Mayhem and Ice Cream

Okay, everyone, back to our adventures in Durham... The next day, Saturday, we slept in a little. The day before had been longish and we...

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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo

Nov 11, 20224 min read

More Bennetts, and Four Annoying Men

And still more about the Bennetts, plus four annoying guys, of whom (alas) I was one.

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More Bennetts, And A Surrender For The Ages

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Nov 7, 20223 min read

More Bennetts, And A Surrender For The Ages

How one of the most important events in American history happened in a poor little house in North Carolina.

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Nov 5, 20224 min read

War, Bennetts, and “Unity”

Meeting the Bennetts, a working class family of the rural South...in a war.

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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo

Nov 3, 20223 min read

Bombs, Bullets, and Bennetts

As you know, I’m in New England. In fact, we just got to the Boston-area. But, I also promised I would try to keep the Durham story in...

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Halloween, And A Quick Note On Good And Evil

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Oct 31, 20223 min read

Halloween, And A Quick Note On Good And Evil

And thus we have a perfect, linear progression: genocide, slavery, war, and, finally, a plague of cancer...

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Oct 27, 20223 min read

Duking It Out

Some notes on the fabulous Doris Duke (1912-1993)

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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo

Oct 24, 20223 min read

Durham, the Dukes, and...Me(?)

Strangely enough, I have a (very, very, very) distant connection to the Duke family. Sorta. In a way.

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Oct 20, 20223 min read

Duke and Nuke

All about the origin of the Duke fortune and good old Durham, N.C.

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Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo

Oct 17, 20224 min read

Dukes, Durham, and More

Hey, Everyone! So today, I’m picking up where I left off...with us in Durham... The next morning, we got up, put ourselves more or less...

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