CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

I like September 1. This day and month kick off the autumn season, dove hunting, and the start of school. I realize school starts, for the most part, in August. Officially, fall does not begin until September 22. But setting one’s personal calendar to preference is not a sin.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I would like to let the people of Fisher county know how fortunate we are to have a lady like Kellen Walker over the appraisal district. Earlier this year l went up to office to ask a question about my taxes.

PRINCIPAL'S OF JOURNALISM

7. It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant Journalism is storytelling with a purpose. It should do more than gather an audience or catalogue the important. For its own survival, it must balance what readers know they want with what they cannot anticipate but need.

2 CENTS WORTH

Grab you a glass of tea, or a cup of coffee with me and let's visit a awhile. Joe and I are back home or a few days, Buzz is doing good although he thinks he's not. He went to his first therapy last week, and he was shocked how bad he felt afterwards, and then to take them at home!!!! Wow!

Faces & Places

“Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.

This Too Shall Pass

Author’s note: this essay was originally published on April 20, 2020, at the height of Texas’ economic shutdown and closure of Texas public schools due to COVID—19.

TRAVELING THE COUNTRY

I love travel and all that goes with it: the planning, the frustration, the airport waits, the crowds getting on cruise ships, the anticipation, the thrill of reaching the destination and seeing the wonders of the world.

Finding love and service in pickles and an ironing board

We all have hobbies and passions in life. Some like to do woodworking while others may love to garden. Some activities are common and others unique and unusual. There are more hobbies and passions than I can think of and list on this page, but almost everyone has something.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

These past two weeks, many of you have participated in the ritual made for scrapbooks, framed desk photos, or Facebook: the First-Day-of-School picture. Besides the obligatory smiles on display, the photo's latest clothing styles make for a primary source treasure.

Old Glory News

Guess what??? it's still hot and dry and don't look like it's going to change. Last Sunday evening we had a good stand storm from the cloud in the north and a quick shower flew over real fast. There is something wrong with this part of the county, it just can't seem to get wet anymore.