tough love

You may remember scenes from your childhood television viewing when the creators of some of your favorite cartoons came flying through the third wall, interrupting your regularly scheduled mayhem and comedic violence to explain how, for example, the Coyote needs to chase after the Roadrunner as much as the Roadrunner needs to be chased, and if one party ever truly, finally succeeded, the results would be far less satisfying

Lucille Mascarenas moved from the city to her husband's farm in New Mexico when she got married. It was 1966, and she knew nothing about farming or cooking.

She tells her son how she learned from her husband's stern grandmother and along the way became her friend.

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