baloney and brown bread and
margarine will instantly take me
back. You can come with all the
Michelin stars in the world, just
give me baloney and brown bread
and margarine and I’m in heaven.
Food, or the access to food, was
always the measure of how good or
bad things were going in our lives.
My mom would always say, “My job
is to feed your body, feed your
spirit, and feed your mind.” That’s
exactly what she did, and the way
she found money for food and
books was to spend absolutely
nothing on anything else. Her
frugality was the stuff of legend.