Sean explains why, despite the lovely tradition, the fine music, and generally large portions of delicious food in certain restaurants, mariachis are not his primary choice of music in a dining establishment.

¡Frijoles, frijoles, siempre frijoles!

I grew up with good parents and challenging sisters in a small house at the end of a dirt road. My best friend was my dog. I was a nerdy, bucktoothed kind of girl, which turned out to be my good luck. While other girls went on dates, I stayed home and read books. I figured out early that I love a great story. Whether it is a well written novel or an old yarn from a backwoods storyteller, I’m always drawn in.

I left home, went to college, saw a bit of the world. I wanted to be a writer, but I had no idea how that happened. Do people move to New York and start wearing berets? I had no clue.

My father was in the Air Force, and his military assignment brought him and our family here while I was still in High School. After graduation, I left San Antonio and traveled the globe for the next 25 years, then returned here to settle my own family.

I could have settled anywhere, but I liked the environment here, the reasonable cost of living, the food, and the people.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Bryce Milligan has lived in San Antonio since 1977. Among other things, he has been a folksinger, a maker of guitars, drums and dulcimers, a carpenter, a rare book bibliographer and appraiser, a college English and creative writing instructor, a poet-in-the-schools, an arts administrator, a book and magazine editor, a book designer, and a publisher. As a writer, he has been a newspaper columnist, a freelance journalist, a scholar, a novelist, a poet, a playwright, and an essayist.

Milligan is the author of five historical novels and short story collections for young adults, including the award-winning With the Wind, Kevin Dolan (Corona Publishing, 1987), which was republished in Germany.

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The Sun Poets Society Writing Group meets on the second Thursday of the month for a writing workshop. Poets and writers of all levels are invited to network and share their works-in-progress.

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