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Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersTo this day, I have never had a proper&nbsp;. I grew up eating a version of it that subbed layers of tortillas for spaghetti noodles, and was served alongside slender breadsticks. But when I asked longtime Texans recently if they’d ever eaten the spaghetti version, I got blank stares in return. So I set to googling.—Taylor Prewitt, social media editorWhen eighteen-year-old Air Force trainee Johnny Cash bumped into Vivian Liberto at a San Antonio roller rink one evening in 1950, both of their lives changed. The two fell for each other in the weeks before Cash was sent to Germany, where their love story played out over the course of thousands of letters they sent each other. Cash sent her recordings of his songs, and even proposed with an engagement ring that he mailed back to Texas.In his heartbreaking and illuminating documentary My Darling Vivian, director Matt Riddlehoover uses these letters, along with archival images and stories from their four daughters, to reexamine the life of Vivian, Cash’s first wife and first love. The raven-haired Italian American beauty has often been left out of Cash’s story—and when she’s been included in past retellings, as she was in the 2005 biopic Walk the Line, she is often presented as an obstacle standing in the way of her husband’s dreams and his true love, June Carter. My Darling Vivian confronts this misperception head on, revealing a tight-knit family in the early days of his touring. As Cash rose to fame, Vivian hung back; she was wary of the attention. The family began to fracture when Cash was away for longer and longer stretches of time—leaving her at their isolated home in California to raise their children—and when he started using drugs. Eventually Cash and Vivian divorced. Over time, June Carter came to be credited for helping Cash overcome his addiction while Vivian faded into obscurity. But, as the film shows, it’s clear that Vivian never stopped loving Cash. Not only had she saved their letters, but, as their daughters reveal, she kept the pair of skates she was wearing when she met him.—Cat Cardenas, associate editor—Rose Cahalan, associate digital editorA post shared by (@sama_art) on Apr 10, 2020 at 11:11am PDTAs everything feels like it’s falling apart, I’ve found respite in putting something back together. Puzzles are both a soothing and a stimulating pastime that allows me to concentrate on something other than the constant news updates or the light of a screen. They don’t require much skill or talent—just attention and time—and bring a wholesome sense of satisfaction that’s hard to come by these days. In the course of the shelter-in-place order, I’ve completed two from the small company , and am about to start one from the&nbsp;, which sells a range of puzzles featuring pieces of art. A balm during a period that oscillates between feeling extremely volatile and feeling extremely boring, puzzles offer welcome moments of peace.—Arielle Avila, editorial coordinator&nbsp;ByByByByByByGet our weekly newsletter.ByByByandByByByByByByBy

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersTo this day, I have never had a proper&nbsp;. I grew up eating a version of it that subbed layers of tortillas for spaghetti noodles, and was served alongside slender breadsticks. But when I asked longtime Texans recently if they’d ever eaten the spaghetti version, I got blank stares in return. So I set to googling.—Taylor Prewitt, social media editorWhen eighteen-year-old Air Force trainee Johnny Cash bumped into Vivian Liberto at a San Antonio roller rink one evening in 1950, both of their lives changed. The two fell for each other in the...

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