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New Shrimp Tales From Port Isabel Column
A humorous readers column celebrates a new typewriter and laments a slow shrimp season at Port Isabel. The piece weaves musings on language and journalism with a whimsical shrimp life story, ending with a playful prompt to finish Penny the shrimp’s fate next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Aransas
Port Isabel
Palms
California
Eafoods
Lesan
Seafood Mart
WBP
Bayside
Eileen
Loretta Ann
W BP
Phoenix
Ewing Fish Co
Valley Belle
Magic Valley
Ja‘elina
Donna Clark
Patricia
Nother
Sanka
Gulf Shrimp
Gail D
Producer’s Marine
Milly D
John Santos Carinhas
Gulf Coast
Schmidt
Mary B
Miss el- the Marine Mart
Daya Ann
Valley Grande
George B. Howell
Bertha G
Wilson Dry Dock
Dewey
Gulf of Mexico
You
Penny Brown
Penny
Port Isabel High School
Padre Beach
Waxes