CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

This week’s Check Your Mirrors was hijacked (story for another day). In its place is this week’s column that will make its debut in The Texas Spur, another rural local publication. I hope it will be a refresher on Check Your Mirrors background and purpose.

Delta variant spurs huge increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of Texans hospitalized with lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases is increasing faster than at any other point since the pandemic began in early 2020, due to the highly contagious delta variant.

THE OLDEST DAIRY QUEEN IN TEXAS

When I was in high school I could get a hot dog and strawberry sundae at Dairy Queen for 40 cents. It was a regular stop. The oldest Dairy Queen in Texas in continuous operation is in Henderson.

POSITIVELY SPEAKING!

Benjamin Franklin said, “... nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” He wasn't the originator of the phrase, but he certainly helped to cement it as a mainstream idiom here in America. I've begun to feel that the idiom isn't precisely true.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Questions for Mother Goose the next time I see her: --I know that Jack fell down and broke his crown, but you really don’t tell why Jill came tumbling after. What up with that? Was the hill some sort of death trap? Did she do so in order to make Jack feel less a clutz?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

On behalf of the Roby ex-students association I would like everyone to know that we are honoring all Roby graduates who served in the military at our homecoming program on Saturday September 11 at 2 pm.

2 CENTS WORTH

Wasn't the article in last weeks paper about Old Glory Musical wonderful, if you missed it call for a paper it was great. Old Glory keeps us all going thanks to those hard working girls that take care of the community center.

Faces & Places

"Most people didn't see the beauty behind the everyday, didn't enjoy the simple pleasures in life, didn't stop and smell the roses … and just because these phrases were considered platitudes didn't make them any less true.

The Context of Jobs

When I set out several weeks ago to pen an essay on rural job creation, I did not intend to turn this into a multimonth series.

What to Ponder Before Remarrying Later in Life

Dear Savvy Senior, What types of financial or legal snags should I be aware of when considering remarriage? I’m 62-yearsold and have been seeing a nice man for about a year. We’ve been talking about getting married, but I want to make sure I understand all the possible consequences beforehand.