CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Last week my older daughter flew in from North Carolina. While I saw her in May on my road trip to Wilmington, she had not seen her sister or nieces in eighteen months. The reunion has been highly anticipated.

Abbott sued over mask-mandate ban

A growing number of school districts, counties and cities have defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates, as COVID-19 cases continue to spike due to the delta variant and a low rate of vaccination among Texans. As KUT.

2 CENTS WORTH

Grab you a glass of tea and visit with me awhile, it's already 86 in Aspermont, Texas, so we will have to have tea!!!!!!

Faces & Places

“Mom, is the world coming to an end?" Jonny asked, picking up the plate of cookies and ramming one into his mouth. "No, it isn'T," Mom said, folding her lawn chair and carrying it to the front of the house. "And yes, you do have to go to school tomorrow.

Regional Context

Last week, we opened the concept of viewing jobs and economic development in a holistic manner. Rather than trying to create jobs as if they occur in a vacuum, it is better and more realistic to view jobs in the context of the factors that affect jobs and the community at large.

PALO DURO CANYON IS TEXAS SIZE

The Palo Duro Canyon is the second largest canyon in the United States. It is 1,200 feet deep, 120 miles long and over 20 miles wide in some areas. It covers parts of four counties in the panhandle and the number of visitors is increasing.

Why are you the way you are?

I’ve always wondered why people are the way they are. Why is one person happy, and motivated, and why is another depressed, and unmotivated? There are many factors—genetics, upbringing, and environment. A specific event or a chain of events may have happened to cause a person to be a certain way.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

This week’s Check Your Mirrors was hijacked (story for another day). In its place is this week’s column that will make its debut in The Texas Spur, another rural local publication. I hope it will be a refresher on Check Your Mirrors background and purpose.

Delta variant spurs huge increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of Texans hospitalized with lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases is increasing faster than at any other point since the pandemic began in early 2020, due to the highly contagious delta variant.

THE OLDEST DAIRY QUEEN IN TEXAS

When I was in high school I could get a hot dog and strawberry sundae at Dairy Queen for 40 cents. It was a regular stop. The oldest Dairy Queen in Texas in continuous operation is in Henderson.