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.

Old Glory News

I hope everyone survived yesterday and did not blow away. It seemed more like March instead of January. I thought we were suppose to get some rain, but it sure wasn't rain... Today is much better, thank goodness. We hope and pray that all the sick folks are doing better.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, I want to express my sincere "thank you and appreciation" to all of the women and men that were involved in the virus vaccine clinic last week. I, plus others that I have talked to, were amazed how tremendously well organized the event was and how professionally it was conducted.

2 CENTS WORTH

Ok friends I know you are like I am this old cold cloudy days is not for me, I'm ready for sunshine. What a week, I'll tell you something if I had known how much this Physical Therapy would have helped I would have done it a long time ago.

Faces & Places

“People are wonderful. Each one has a story, each something to give, each knows something interesting, something that can make your life richer.

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know11% of people are left handed Did you knowAugust has the highest percentage of births Did you knowunless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it Did you knowthe average person falls asleep in 7 minutes Did you knowa bear has 42 teeth Did you knowan ostrich's eye is bigger than...

2020: A Year of Reading

When I launched “West of 98” in November, I promised writings on a variety of topics beyond just rural revitalization, including literature and culture thoughts.

RVS ON EAST TEXAS MOUNTAIN

Denny Mortis grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York and came to Texas with the Air Force. While doing flight simulation at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston and going to college he met his wife to be.