Perspective vs. Priorities

Publisher/editor Laurie Brown — whom I admire a great deal — imparted one of the best pieces of advice I’ve received as an editor. She said to never editorialize something on page two that you didn’t cover on page one.

2 Cents Worth

Hurrah it's sprinkling in Aspermont, Texas, look when you never get any rain, it just goes west of you or east of you we are thankful for a sprinkle!!!! Maybe Joe's turnips will come up now he's been babying them and so far they are not coming up for him so maybe the sprinkles will help.

'Gather ye rosebuds…'

Poetry. Yep, I am writing about it again because of 100 minutes spent in Wal-Mart with my granddaughter. But before I get to that, here’s a poetry story from just last week that made me want to pen a limerick. There was a darn man from the South Who let mean things ooze from his mouth.

The Meaning of Education

I’m writing this after the first day of school at Stamford ISD. It is also the first day (or near to it) for many other communities in my readership. I have previously written that the first day of school is a New Year’s Day of sorts in a community.

2 Cents Worth

I got out to water early this morning before it got hot, my poor little flowers I'm not watering all of them, they have done their due but I have really enjoyed them and from what you all have told me you have enjoyed them, too.

Consenting to blindness

Any halfway decent writing instructor would tell you to avoid clichés like the plague — see what I did there — yet I would gather I’m not alone when saying things like, “There are not enough hours in the day” or “There’s just not enough of me to go around.

Realizing a dream

Dude Ham was a retired King Ranch cowboy who opened a diner in Bliss, Texas. Dinner music was provided by a tuba player who performed all kinds of music, even Italian love songs.

2 Cents Worth

Hurrah we got 7tenths of rain yesterday morning, just as went in the door at Dairy Queen it started sprinkling on us, and then it started raining. We all enjoyed the rain while we were eating our lunch.

Letter to the Editor

I would like to thank the Double Mountain Chronicle for the excellent front page story supporting the 79th annual Fisher County Fair. The fair has been slow recovering in recent years, but it’s recovering. It’s a fun couple of hours on a hot summer Saturday day.

Rules still apply, even for rural communities

One of the reasons I love being a Texan — especially as a member of a constitutionally protected free press — is that our state has some of the nation’s strongest transparency laws, many of which are found in the Texas Open Meetings Act.