So Sorry about Pampa

[Guest guest]

, " tonialmo " <tonialmo

wrote:

>

> I actually spent a week in Pampa when my husband, at the time a

> computer consultant with his own business, was writing a program

for

> the Celanese Plant. I wasn't vegetarian at the time but only on a

> weight loss diet and I still found it hard to eat healthy (as

healthy

> as a meat eating diet gets) there. Pampa was one of the small

towns my

> DH who is now a math, physical science and computer science teacher

was

> considered applying to on the job search that landed us here. Too

much

> snow and frankly, the town is too dead. Your empty shopping strip

mall

> is so sad. I saw some of the prettiest houses there, though, and

the

> folks at the City/County Library were very kind to let me hang out

> there and read the books. I did get very, very ill from eating at

the

> Dairy Queen (which I understand closed soon after) and had to go to

the

> Emergency Room. That tainted the whole experience for me!

>

> Have you looked at the recipes on vegweb? There are a lot of

creative

> dishes using just basic beans and grains. But being a former

> professional cook, you probably can manage that OK. You're closer

to

> Amarillo than I am to San Antonio. We'll both be OK, I think!

>

> > >

> > I'm so glad that you know the plight, but I am determined. I feel

so

> > much better, and I am not harming any animal friends. I'm

familiar

> > with Lubbock. We are in Pampa, about 60 miles northeast of

Amarillo.

> > Naturally, we have to travel to the big city, for anything fairly

> > exotic; good veggies, peppers, and seasonings. There is a

farmer's

> > market, here, but they only operate during the summer months; we

take

> > full advantage. I have stopped cooking, professionally, and I

intend

> > to do office work, until I retire.

> > Have a great fourth, Jack

> >

>

I'm sorry that you didn't return home after a more positive

experience. I was born and raised in Baltimore; just figure how I

view things, as a displaced Yankee!!! Hahahaha. My in-laws, now

passed, were determined we be in Pampa. Now, at sixty, a dead town is

fine, by me. Trips to Amarillo, especially in-city-driving, is a lot

for me to handle, anymore. I suppose I have adjusted. I agree though,

the demise of our Dairy Queen was a public service.

Jack