“Drinking from a Saucer”

Besides the three basic meals of the day—breakfast before the roosters had crowed, dinner at noon, and supper when the day’s work was done—my father would return to the house around 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day for a quick “lunch.” Those lunches usually consisted of coffee and a couple of my mom’s delicious homemade cookies, a brownie, a date bar, or an almond patty. Because h...