A real Texas ranch experience

After spending nearly a lifetime in the hotel industry, Phyllis Golden started what she calls a western tourism company named COWGIRLS AND COWBOYS IN THE WEST. It’s located on her and her husband’s cattle ranch near Canyon.

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Stuff to keep your eye on in 2024 There once was a time when I could recall complete passages I had written with accuracy that bordered on verbatim.

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Wow! I was beginning to think there would be no column this week, but everything finally started working in Aspermont, who knows what happened, for awhile this morning I didn't have a phone, I pad, or a TV much less a computer. Sure hope that's not something that is going to happen every day.

Letter to the Editor

Secret Simon Dear Editor, Does secret Simon have a problem with women? Robin Cleveland was the Fisher County Jail administrator. She submitted the request for a license to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for Simon Wade.

The Christmas Red Zone

I’m gonna recycle a few things this new year. I’ll reuse my car, now with over 210,000 miles on it. My clothes and shoes still fit, so there’s little need to add to the wardrobe as I have no grand openings, awards shows, or premiers to attend Same friends. Same job responsibilities.

In Favor of the Solstice

This time of year, darkness feels inescapable. Daylight is at its most scarce. Darkness lingers well after the kids rise for school and it returns long before bedtime, even in a fairly tame latitude like Stamford. My friends who live farther north are used to dealing with mid-afternoon darkness.

Legal groups sue to stop new immigration law

The ink was barely dry on a law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott that makes unauthorized entry into the United States a state crime before a lawsuit was filed by civil rights groups and El Paso County challenging its constitutionality.

So long 2023 Tell 2024 I’m going to need two ibuprofen and a tequila shot

This week’s edition marks the 52nd newspaper of the year, which means it is also the last publication of the DMC in 2023.

The unrestrained antics of a car lover

Sanford Miles taught junior high school English in New York and recently retired to do some writing.

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Merry Christmas to all of you, looks like it's going to be a pretty day in Aspermont, Texas, course the wind is going to blow but that's nothing unusual, hope old Santa was good at your house.