One of the pleasures I enjoyed as a youngster in Bandera was living close to St. Joseph Catholic School so I was able to spend some special time with classmates after school. Memories of baseball games and shooting some marbles in a game of “keepsies” until dark on those caliche fields are forever a part of me. Looking back, all the trouble it caused me with my mom seems so worth it now.How many times did I pretend I hadn’t heard her honking the horn in our old truck in an effort to get me home? How many patches did ...