2 CENTS WORTH

I have another installment of Creighton Ranch, what fun we had, talked to Wiz last week, and she told me two of the young mares were sold, one goes to Oklahoma and will be a racer, and the other one went to Athens, Texas to be a barrel racer.

Faces & Places

“What do Halloween creatures eat? Hot spider soup with pumpkin meat and toasted, no-salt, bat-wing chips, served best with Transylvania dips. A thistle-horehound salad mix has added crunch from sun-dried ticks. The plat du jour is hairy beast fried crisp in grimy goblin grease.

An Adaptable Ecosystem

Last time, I asked the following question: have you ever stopped to actually consider your community’s “why,” whether historically or currently? Did your community develop with a purpose, or did it arise simply because there was a market in the unique moment that it was established?

BALLINGER’S HAUNTED HOTEL

Dan LaFave teaches computer technology at Grape Creek High School near San Angelo, where he lives. He moved to West Texas from the valley where he investigated reports of ghosts. One was in the home of a deputy sheriff who worked nights.

Ten Years From Now

When my dad told me four years ago, he was going to be a syndicated columnist. I gave it little thought. I had confidence that he could do anything he wanted. I didn’t know much about his column. He was calling it Positively Speaking! and it was about having a positive mindset.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

"A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." - Theodore Roosevelt "We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.

2 CENTS WORTH

What an adventure Joe and I had last week, we left Aspermont early Monday Morning because Bow and Whiz Creighton had asked us to stop at the ranch an visit before we came on to Kentucky. What an adventure that turned out to be.

Faces & Places

“When you find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stand in front of you when other’s cast stones, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who will hold your hand when...

An Ecosystem’s Purpose

It is a key scientific tenet of holistic management that each constituent part of an ecosystem is interdependent on the other pieces of the ecosystem. They were designed to work in connection with one another, or developed over time to do so.

A QUICK BUNCH OF INTERVIEWS

Sue Land sent me an email and said, “You oughta come to Hico. We’ve got a bunch of great folks here and they would make good subjects for your radio program and newspaper column.” So I went. I parked my car just before noon on a Friday and left 4 hours later with 7 interviews.