Faces & Places

“Don’t tell the wealthy that the humming they hear in order to sleep is made possible from the distant wheels of a midnight cart being rolled by a man who dreams of a bed.” ~Karl Kristian Flores It’s hard to accept the fact that there are some questions that will forever go unanswered.

Working Class Prosperity

It is poetic, I suppose, that Labor Day falls square in the middle of my ongoing series on creating jobs and strengthening our local rural economies.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR ALLORA?

In Italian, the word allora is an expression used for calming people. There is a 17-year-old girl who lives near Fredericksburg named Allora and she is definitely living up to her name. She sings, writes and loves to ride horses.

Enthusiasm

When people decide to pursue a dream, they usually get fired up and motivated. They lose weight; make a business plan, build the team, hire the lawyers, contact the agents, write the book, rent the office, and tell everyone they know; They make sure to dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s!

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Historic Events Have No Expiration Date Teaching the Next Generation about 9/11 On Wednesday morning, September 12, 2001, I awoke very early and drove thirty miles to Snyder, Texas.

2 CENTS WORTH

Good morning to all of you this fine sunny morning in Aspermont, Texas, it's going to be hot today but that's okay. I said, "Last winter when we had all that cold weather, not water, and many of us didn't have electricity I would not say one word about being hot!!!!!!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I just read an article by John Stossel where he quoted Rand Paul as saying SARS-CoV-2 virus particles are too small for masks to filter, so masks don’t work.

THE 350 CAFÉ AND CONVENIENCE STORE

Highway 350 runs between Big Spring and Snyder. About midway between the two cities is a small place called Vincent, founded in 1892 and named for an early settler. Vincent Vinson.

You are not your past

Many people feel like they can’t have the life they want because of their past limitations or failures. Maybe your family wasn’t there for you; you didn’t get the proper education, you’ve been fired from multiple jobs, or mistreated in relationships.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Last week’s attack on our military at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan is a difficult reminder that war’s residual effects are never ending. The sacrifice continues, even after military personnel are winding down an operation with plans of returning home.