Faces & Places

"Tyranny in democratic republics does not proceed in the same way, however. It ignores the body afree od goes straight for the soul. The master no longer says: You will think as I do or die. He says: You are not to think as I do. You may keep your life, your property, and everything else.

The Helpers We Need

WARNING: this essay contains difficult topics. There’s a lot going on the world right now. Much of it is difficult or saddening. Our screens—televisions, phones, and other devices—flash it in front of us, whether we want to consume it or not.

MISS KAT’S SEWING MACHINE AND VACUUM REPAIR

Miss Kat has an interesting business in Temple. “It’s A-1 Sewing and Vac Center,” she says. “I repair sewing machines, vacuum cleaners and some associated equipment. I actually do no sewing, no alterations. I just repair the machines.

Worries

All kinds of stresses and pressures will come to us in this life. Worries will come about our parents, careers, children, health, finances, relationships, death, sickness, and more.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

Thank you, Eleanor Roosevelt I come from a family of fans. We are sports fans, music fans, history fans. Sometimes we fan family, as with our beloved Uncle Clifton who just turned 95. By fans, I mean passionately-consumed-and-verging-on-stalking fans.

Abbott calls third special session for Sept. 20

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2 CENTS WORTH

Wow what a week, I reset flowers all week getting ready to bring them in before the weather gets cold. I like to have them get a good start before I have to bring them in, soap them down gave them a good bath to get all the bugs out of the soil.

Faces & Places

“Don’t tell the wealthy that the humming they hear in order to sleep is made possible from the distant wheels of a midnight cart being rolled by a man who dreams of a bed.” ~Karl Kristian Flores It’s hard to accept the fact that there are some questions that will forever go unanswered.

Working Class Prosperity

It is poetic, I suppose, that Labor Day falls square in the middle of my ongoing series on creating jobs and strengthening our local rural economies.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR ALLORA?

In Italian, the word allora is an expression used for calming people. There is a 17-year-old girl who lives near Fredericksburg named Allora and she is definitely living up to her name. She sings, writes and loves to ride horses.