2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all my friends you read my column and welcome to the new friends I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy visiting with you every Monday morning, Joe and I have had a restful week this week, we've finally got over that trip to North Carolina.

My Plea

Lord help me to run to you instead of running away Lord help me to be kind to the unkind. Lord help me to put others needs ahead of my own. Lord help me to remember we're not in this along and that you're right here with us.

The paradox of progress

In general, I am not one to wish for things to be as they were. I had to wait 364 days to be able to watch The Wizard of Oz since it only came on once a year on a Sunday night at 6 p.m. CST. Once— and only once—I watched my mother wash out my little brother’s poopy cloth diaper in the commode.

Faces & Places

“You have to face your nightmares, Jack. You have to unpack them like you would open up a gift. You must take your nightmares out of the box you’ve stuffed them into so you can learn what are lies and what is the truth.

Halloween History - And the Art of Fake News

On the morning of Oct. 31, 1938, American newspapers coast-to-coast ran headlines describing the mass panic resulting from a CBS radio broadcast the previous night.

'SCHOOL CHOICE' is main topic of Special Session

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a letter to legislative leaders indicating a special session will begin on Oct. 9 dealing with what he has called “school choice” but is more widely known as vouchers.

Making a Business out of Music

“There’s a song in everything,” says songwriter and performer John Arthur Martinez of Fredericksburg. “There a song in a sunset, there’s a song in heartbreak, there’s a song in a wildflower after a rain.” The 15 albums of his original music have his initials on them: J A M.

Old news on the forefront of tomorrow

The irony is not lost on me that this week is National Newspaper Week, and a majority of the editorial commentary written within the pages of newsprint will likely be read by many more people once it’s duplicated and sent to a device small enough to fit in your pocket.

2 Cents Worth

Grab you a glass of tea and visit with me awhile, i know it's early but we all have things to do this week, so we've got to get busy!!!!! Joe says, 'OH! know she's on the march everybody get ready she has a list a mile long for me to get done this week.!!!!

In the beginning…

As with many of you, Sunday school and Wednesday night children’s Bible classes always included the creation story. The figures placed on a felt board, the cut outs, and the coloring pages were mainstays of those 45-minute gatherings.