Welcome to Autumn

Some people say autumn means the end of summer and all the fun, time to get serious and go back to the ordinary. Others look forward to fall, saying it’s colorful and energizing and it’s like starting everything all over again. Personally I’m with the previous group. I love spring and summer.

Holy session, Batman

While there are several local issues that I have an opinion — or are developing opinions — about, I want to touch on the current legislative session that cranked up in Austin this week.

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.

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.”

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.