FROM TRAVAIL TO TRAVEL

A college professor told me one time that the word travel comes from the word travail. I thought he said it in jest, but it turns out he was correct.

Follow the Jockey, Not the Horse

It’s no secret that many of my fellow Republicans are having an identity crisis, weighing what it means to be a Republican against the choices the political system has given us. I’m one of them.I still feel like a Republican.

RAIN WISHES & HOMECOMING PLANS

This pass week has been so very sad for so many, the passing of Dolly Parton, the mud slide and flood that killed so many, all the plane crashes. Our love and prayers for all the families.Another month behind us and it still very dry here.

DUST, DOMINOES & BIRTHDAYS

Another week, another day, still waiting for that rain...There must of been a cloud to the east of us, cause at the time the sun was going down a terrible dust storm blew in from the east and the dirt was really rolling across the fields.

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE TAX RATE

Across Fisher and Stonewall counties, local officials are working through budgets for the coming year.

SIMPLE WAYS TO SOOTHE BUNION PAIN

Dear Savvy Senior, I’m a 62-year-old woman and have had a bunion on my big toe for years, but lately it’s become more painful and is making it hard to find comfortable shoes. I’d like to avoid surgery if possible.

One Size Does Not Fit Every Texas School

It is back-to-school time in Texas, and in a political season that means education plans are arriving almost as quickly as school-supply lists. It is good to see Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa make public education central to the governor’s race.

SPEAKING AND WRITING THE CHANGING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

It seems that when I was in elementary school the proper way to spell the plural of roof was rooves. I guess it was changed to roofs in the last several decades.

Faces & Places

“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.” Aaron Lauritsen It seems that most of my embarrassing moments are because I’m not paying attention, in a hurry and or carrying too many books.