Marriage is supposed to be fun

I don’t know what the secret to a good marriage is. I only know I have a good one that has been fun, exciting and full of adventure. On our way to celebrate out 60th wedding anniversary in Santa Fe, we stopped for lunch at the Cowboy Café in Roswell.

Music to our ears

For someone who enjoys and appreciates all kinds of music, I have never been much of a concert goer. Just not a crowd person. If I were to tell my children that Captain & Tennille and Ray Stevens were my only two concerts for the longest time, they would have no clue who those people even were.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all of you this time I am not writing from Aspermont, Texas, this morning is from North Carolina, we have traveled 1481 miles to see that great grandbaby, and as all great grandmas one say she is a jewell.

Kelly's collection of marbles

Kelly Draper of Llano is a retired professor of puppetry at Lamar University in Beaumont. He performed with his puppets at symphony orchestra concerts all over the country, illustrating the music to children. He did a puppet show several years at Dickens on the Strand in Galveston.

Seize the moment: At 50-year mark, celebrate and strengthen the Public Information Act

With trust in government waning, a Texas law can help keep a closer watch on public officials. Even citizens who continue to have faith in government can use this law to stay better informed. How is taxpayer money spent? What’s happening behind the scenes as government decisions are made?

Check your Mirrors

The elements have smiled on us the past week. Chances are you looked outside and smiled back. This weather brings out the best in my snooze button. The cooler temps and rains have given us a brief reprieve from the hot, dry summer that overcooked our yards, farms, and ranches.

Faces & Places

“What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.” ~ Mark Twain Is it just me, or do we all feel stuck in a Far Side Snow Globe and can’t get out? It’s crowded and loud, and nothing makes sense.

School voucher schemes damage public schools and defy constitutional prohibitions

A historic cornerstone of American independence, freedom and opportunity is universal public education in public schools open to all children regardless of social class, religion, ethnicity, gender or origin country. The great majority of Texas children attend public schools.

Paxton trial completes first week

The first week of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Senate ended with his former lead law enforcement officer testifying an Austin developer alleged to have bribed Paxton constructed a “conspiracy theory” that federal officials altered a search warrant for his...

Crazy about the guayabera shirt

You’ve probably seen the guayabera shirt. It’s worn untucked and has either two or four pockets and vertical stripes of pleats front and back. It’s made of cotton, linen or silk and is popular in warm climates. We certainly qualify for that distinction in Texas this year.