Check Your Mirrors

I am an election night freak. For a teacher, For a teacher, student of history and political science, and a current events junkie, I like to go where most sane people fear to tread on this Tuesday night in November every four years--with a cocktail of Twitter, Instagram, network, and cable news.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"You call my candidate a horse thief, and I call yours a lunatic, and both of us know it's just till election day. It's an American custom, like eating corn on the cob. And, afterwards, we settle down quite peaceably and agree we've got a pretty good country - until next election.

2 CENTS WORTH

Grab you a cup of coffee and set with me awhile and visit, I have got a funny to tell you this morning, I mean if our internet will cooperate!!!!!

Faces & Places

“I think the greatest sin in the world is bringing children into the world – that have disease from their parents, that have no chance in the world to be a human being practically, delinquents, prisoners, all sorts of things just marked when they’re born.

Jerry Jeff Walker, Chilis,

For some time, these weekly essays have promised a forthcoming “West of 98” podcast and website. Last year, I penned an essay detailing the story behind the name, but now, FINALLY, my website is live.

LOBLOLLY HAS BEEN RESURRECTED

Gary is a small town in Panola County near the county seat of Carthage. The high school in Gary has about 275 students.

The death of iceberg lettuce

I think we’ve heard enough about politics for a lifetime. I know I have, so I think it’s important to talk about something totally different but almost as important ... It was here, then gone. It was everywhere, then vanished off our plates. I was always a big salad eater.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Any photo of my grandmother Bessie is associated in my mind with old age. This was an ignorant perspective now that I am older and now that I know the rest of the story. Photo perspective is tricky.

It’s not just Election Day any longer

For most Texans, Election Day is a misnomer. More Texans voted early this year than cast their ballots during all of the 2016 general election. Many more voted early than went to the polls on Election Day. A record 9.

Old Glory News

THANK YOU BIG COUNTRY WORKERS, I LOVE MY ELECTRICITY. THANK YOU. Oh my goodness, that ice storm sure gave us a jolt. It slipped right up and caught us unprepared. We forget to really appreciate anything until we don't have it every day. Don't take anything for granted!!