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Yes, We Did Can I remember my mother telling how the government sent people into Houston County during the Depression to teach others how to can with cans [“Yes, You Can!” July 2015]. Mother was still canning when she was in her 80s and 90s, but her choice for canning was glass jars. She was…

Even Before Youth Tour I enjoyed your article about the Government-in-Action Youth Tour [“Texas Celebrates Youth Tour Milestone,” June 2015]. My first experience with government and the co-ops was in 1958 with two students from Bluebonnet EC, two students from Pedernales EC and two students from Sam Houston EC. We worked in Senate Majority Leader…

Remembering Mama Your heartfelt article by Laurie Greenwell in the May 2015 issue [“Remembering Mom”] really brought my mother’s battle with cancer into perspective and helped ease my heart. My mom died in November 2010. I have struggled ever since the day she was told she had cancer. At the time, it was perplexing to…

Safe Wildlife Adoptions The March photography contest winners included two photographs of fawns being treated as pets [Focus on Texas: “Furry Friends,” March 2015]. Mother deer usually leave their fawns hidden and go off to feed. If you find a fawn by itself, leave it alone unless it looks cold, hungry, injured or is in…

Another Feed Sack Story If you have space for one more feed sack garment story [“Feeding Their Fashion Sense,” February 2015], here is my favorite. My grandfather was blind, and my grandmother made his boxer underwear from feed sacks. One day, while hanging the wash, I laughed because she had made him two pair of…