LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Several weeks ago, I had an accident and haven't been able to walk. Friday, I told my wife lets's see if I can make it to the pickup and drive around. This house and chair are getting to me. We drove to our property northeast of Belvieu Cemetary.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. Gertrude Stein

WRITER'S CORNER

As we start our day let us bow our heads to pray. Lord, help us to see each other as you see us. Lord help us to love one another as you love us. Amen

2 CENTS WORTH

Good morning to all my friends in newspaper land, I hope your day is going good. The sunrise this morning was beautiful here in Aspermont this morning. You missed a beautiful West Texas Sandstorm this week, great day the sky was brown.

Faces & Places

“The greatest gifts come in the most tattered wraps.” ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough You will likely see my vehicle at every estate sale, garage sale, and library book sale in town.

Essential Empathy Redux

Last week, I shared my top 12 books of 2020. One such book was “Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” I penned this essay in 2020 as I finished reading “Team of Rivals.

THE TREE MAN OF CEDAR PARK

Raymond Herrington grew up at Pleasant Valley near Marble Falls. He had an active childhood. “We hunted a lot,” says Raymond. “We really did. We had lots of swimming places with the river and creeks right there. We’d go squirrel hunting during the day and hunt coons at night.

The Guiding Power of Influence

I’ve spent my week reading and pondering the guiding and power of influence. The influence others have on us as well as the influence we have on others. Influence is power and it is a double-edged sword.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Small communities are blessed with larger-than-life personalities. Gail, Texas, recently lost two such people, and the void created will be even greater because Carol and R.D. Lewis were longtime foundations in Borden County.

Vaccine pace picks up slowly

The rate of COVID-19 vaccine administration is slowly increasing in Texas as we enter the second full month of shots going into arms. The Texas Department of State Health Services last weekend reported that about 1.