A Wonderful Life

“It’s a Wonderful Life” is a Christmas movie staple. Roundly considered one of the greatest films ever made, it also usually ranks near the top of any list of inspirational movies. As you likely know, Jimmy Stewart plays George Bailey.

SHEPHERDS OF THE FLAME

The 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York were perhaps the most thrilling for Americans. It was the year the US beat Russia in hockey.

How will you make this new year different from the last?

If you are to only read one of my columns this year and take it to heart ... make it this one. A new year is upon us and I couldn’t be happier. I don’t think that in my lifetime I’ve been more relieved to see a year end and a new year begin.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

I usually write this column in the seclusion of my room or a nook of a study. Today, I am sitting in my reclining chair. An ESPN Network special, Saturdays in the South, is airing. The 2019 eight-part series documenting SEC football has given me some writing material for the week.

Texans urged to roll up their sleeves

Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas leaders are rolling up their sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine and to encourage the public to follow suit. “I will never ask any Texan to do something that I’m not willing to do myself,” Abbott said before getting vaccinated at a televised event in Austin.

Old Glory News

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas with good health and lot of family gatherings. The weather has been nice, a little windy and cool, but better than a snow storm. I was so sad to learn of the passing of a brother-in-law, Furman Metcalf, of Aspermont.

2 CENTS WORTH

Wow it's cold in Aspermont this morning 21 too cold for me, glad I'm not in Kentucky, I talked to our friends yesterday and asked them if they had all the clothes they had on. They laughed and said, "Well we do have all of our coveralls laying at the back door, but it's only raining here.

Faces & Places

“If you’re a Black woman in America, it’s statistically safer to have an abortion than to carry a pregnancy to term or give birth.” ~@PPBlackComm,Twitter, October 31, 2017, 8:13AM, available at://twitter. comppblackcomm/status92253803072425 82016?1ang=en.

Outward Expressions of Christmas

Last week, I wrote about the inevitable struggles of the Christmas season and I encouraged each of us to focus on hope. That hope is exemplified by Merle Haggard’s words in his iconic song “If We Make It Through December.

GLADEWATER’S FAMOUS CHRISTMAS STORE

“We have Christmas all through the house and never take the trees down,” says Jan Greenwood of Gladewater. “Our Christmas collecting sort of got out of hand,” says her husband Don, “so we just got in the Christmas business.” They have the Greenwood Christmas Store in Gladewater.