Christmas…Correctly?

Choosing your path through a complicated season What is the “correct” way to celebrate Christmas? Does it require a grand and lavish feast that adheres to Christmas tradition (figgy pudding, anyone?) or a simple spread of your family’s favorites?

Faces & Places

“The human life cycle no less than evolves around the box; from the open-topped box called a bassinet, to the pine box we call a coffin, the box is our past and, just as assuredly, our future.

Property tax cuts go into effect

A total of $18 billion in property tax cuts were approved by more than 80% of voters in the November general election and should be reflected in property tax bills that are due by Jan. 31.

Christmas Tamales in Pecos

Sulema Ulate makes Christmas tamales n a small building in Pecos. “I usually start making them right after Thanksgiving,” she says. “I do twenty, thirty, forty dozen a day. I take preorders.” She makes a bunch. “Last year I did close to four hundred dozen.

Home for the Holidays

Years ago, the career I held required less typing and more hiking, climbing, and rappelling, and required much better physical conditioning than it takes to tell a story of the good ol’ days, which is one reason I’m not going to waste time telling one.

Letter to the Editor

Secret Simon Letter to the editor: Simon Wade promised to be the most open sheriff we have seen. Here are some of the results. Promised to post the name and picture of all arrested. The only ones I have seen were those in jail when he took office. Promised work crews. None. Closed jail.

2 Cents Worth

Good Monday morning to all of you Merry Christmas to all of you hope you have a blessed Christmas day on Christmas Day and all your folks have a safe trip home or where ever they are going.

Legal challenges to amendments appear quashed

A half-dozen lawsuits challenging the 13 approved Texas constitutional amendments appear to be dead in the water, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Letter to the Editor

CHOOSE KINDNESS! Letter to the editor: The Mental Health of our youth is so fragile these days. With so many more opportunities to have any and all your mistakes or differences seen for the world to judge. The impact of that criticism can be overwhelming, even for those with thick skin.

And tomorrow night, I’ll be the boss

For more than a decade now, I have been writing everything from functional stories to music reviews, political coverage, community events, and editorial commentary.