The Welfare of All of Us

September 7 is Labor Day in 2020. September 7 also happened to be Labor Day in 1903. On that day, President Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York.

TRAVELING THE COUNTRY

Running is like breathing to Dave Dial, who lives on the family ranch near the community of Grovetown, just outside of Crockett. In terms of lifetime running distance, Dave ranks number 9 and is moving up. He has run more than 203,000 miles.

A life of accumulating stuff

I heard once that the first half of our life is spent accumulating things, while the second half is getting rid of those very same things. In our case, time has been more heavily weighted to accumulation, while getting rid of them has been a more sudden and quicker event.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

CHAPTER 5 And seeing a ton of people, he went up the mountain; and when he got situated, his entourage came up to join him.

High-tech Lincoln Logs turn heads in Texas

Trees are almost as old as dirt in the construction industry, but they’re new to Texas in the form of the state’s first mass timber office building. The Texas project generating the buzz is The Soto, which opened last week at Eighth and Broadway streets in San Antonio.

CELEBRATE THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

WASHINGTON, DC -The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution urges Americans to reflect on the United States Constitution during this month's annual observance in honor this foundational document of national governance.

Old Glory News

PRAISE THE LORD: I got some rain and it was so wonderful. I got some in the early morning hours on Tuesday and then also a little in the early morning hours on Wednesday. It was so nice and slow, but the ground was so dry that it swallow up the rain drops so fast. Thank you Jesus.

Just a "Jailer"?

There seems to be a common mis conception of the "Jailers" of Fisher County and if I was guessing not just Fisher County but everywhere. I'm going to try to clear that up for all the citizens of Fisher County.

2 CENTS WORTH

Usually I write to all of you from Aspermont, but for some reason this morning me and this computer were not talking the same talk, so I brought it to Lubbock with me, what a pretty scene I have to visit with all of you. The boats are all over the lake this evening, the kids are having a ball.

Hurricane Laura brings renewed pitch for Ike

As thousands fled southeast Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura, Texas A&M promoted an Ike Dike as a critical way to protect the region from devastating damage. Texas escaped a direct hit from Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, just east of Port Arthur.