Needing to Want to be From Here Part 2

There’s an episode of the great sitcom Parks and Recreation called “Born and Raised.” In it, the champion of Pawnee, Indiana, Leslie Knope, discovers a disturbing fact: she wasn’t actually born in Pawnee. Even worse, she was born in the hideous neighboring town of Eagleton.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning, we got rain again last night, Joe thought it was hailing one time, so this morning instead of him sleeping in he hit the floor early to look at his garden, It wasn't hurt guess it was just large rain drops hitting the carport.

Hanging out with Buddy

“There’s a Memphis on the Mississippi and a Memphis on the Nile. But the Memphis on the Red beats ‘em all by a mile.” That’s John Ballew’s favorite phrase. Although he now lives In the Metroplex to be near his grandkids, he still calls Memphis home. He grew up there.

Faces & Places

'I guess you can call me 'old fashioned.' I prefer the book with the pages that you can actually turn. Sure, I may have to lick the tip of my fingers so that the pages don't stick together when I'm enraptured in a story that I can't wait to get to the next page.

Old Glory News

Well, it has been an interesting week, we have had good rain almost every night and there is lot of water to see. There are different amounts reported every morning. I got an inch during the night last night and I was told that folks out north of Old GLory got three inches.

Best Over-the Counter Hearing Aids for Older Adults

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good over-the-counter hearing aids for seniors on a budget? I’m not sure what to get or where to buy them.

Needing to Want to be From Here

We are wrapping up high school graduation season in America. Across the land, thousands of students will say goodbye to 12 years of education and move into their next phase of life.

2 Cents Worth

Who would have thought a month ago that we would have a backyard full of water. We have had so much rain in Aspermont and the surrounding counties we can hardly believe the rain we are getting. It's wonderful the tanks are getting full of water, some of them have tanks running around, how wonderful.

Texas Representative James Frank comments on Paxton Impeachment

As some of you may have already heard, the Texas House today voted 121 to 23 to impeach Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of the State of Texas (2 members voted PNV and 3 were absent).

Kenneth Phillips: A Remarkable Man

When Kenneth Phillips was in his mid 40s he lost all of his fingers and toes due to frostbite. This was not in the arctic or some other frigid place. It was in San Angelo, Texas. He faced years of hospitalization and depression then one day decided he was tired of inactivity and feeling sad.