Let's seek balance in 2024

While state, national, and even local candidates in other parts of Texas trudge through the political quagmire toward the General Election in November, races in the Chronicle’s coverage area are over for now.

2 Cents Worth

Hurrah!!!! The wonderful sun is shining, Joe and I really had cabin fever this time. I told him thank goodness for the old westerns we watch on TV, the game shows, and the other stations we like on the television!!!!!! That ice really was horrible, and then it froze again and had black ice.

The Course of Local History

Do you ever look around the world and feel helpless to change things? Greed and malevolence run amok. Strong, compassionate leadership is lacking. Sadness and despair seem to engulf those who least deserve it.

The lady chuck wagon cook

“It’s kinda like camping but it has a western and historical flair to it,” says Kellye Duncan of San Angelo who started cooking by chuck wagon after spending 35 years in the restaurant business. She is the proud owner of two chuck wagons.

Admit when you are wrong

A few months back, I went to the hardware store to pick up a few drill bits to drill a hole in my sink to install a new water filtration system. I came back home and got to work. It was going to be a hectic day with a lot to do.

Faces & Places

“Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids” ~ Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It There’s a stillness in the air that I don’t like, one that makes me want to gather my children and grands the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings.

State high court hears challenge to abortion law

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week on the question of whether state regulators can be sued by abortion providers hoping to block enforcement of the state’s restrictive abortion law, known as Senate Bill 8.

Old Glory News

Well, we survived another very cold couple of days and today is just beautiful again. Now that it is March, maybe the very cold weather is behind us. We canceled out musical for last Saturday since the weatherman said it was going to rain and we would have icy roads.

Can COVID-19 Cause Shingles?

Dear Savvy Senior, How effective is the shingles vaccine and what is the CDC recommendation for getting it? My older brother and sister, both in their fifties, got COVID a few months back followed by shingles.

Down to the wire

With as often as the Chronicle’s publisher — and a few readers — have been calling for me to write a This World of Hurt, the intent this week was to publish a long-overdue column. However, sometimes the words just are right, and it takes more time to simmer and be stirred a little while longer.