Faces & Places

GRUBEN“I'm tired of the news. I'm tired of the way it makes things spectacular that aren't, and deals so simplistically with what's truly appalling. I'm tired of the vitriol. I'm tired of anger. I'm tired of the meanness. I'm tired of selfishness. I'm tired of how we're doing nothing to stop it.

Words and Sounds

I started my newspaper column thirtyeight years ago. This is column number 1955. I started it because the editor and publisher of the Big Spring Herald came to my office and said: “You’ve got a lot of good information about Texas on your radio program and you need to share it with our readers.

Carol's Kitchen

CHOCOLATE DREAM PIEOne Pie shell baked Heat 2 small packages of chocolate pie mix according to directions on the box Stir in milk chocolate morsels Pour the mixture in the baked pie shell chill until set. Serve with cool whip Enjoy

Fear, the lime, and the coconut

For the past few weeks, I have been editorializing massively oversimplified perspectives about the motivating factor of fear and how it plays into the decisions we make at the ballot box and into those the officials we elect make when voting on our future.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all my friends who read my column, sure is hot in Aspermont after being so cool in Kentucky. It rained on us every day, it might have been just a shower but it was rain. Joe and Buzz worked all week, cutting trees down and trimming them up.

Downstairs at the Barfield

The Barfield Hotel in Amarillo has a speakeasy that dates back to the 1920s. It was known then as the Paramount Recreation Club. To get to it, you follow the six-shooter and bullet trail to the basement and go to a cigarette machine.

I’m not going to say it’s fear

Last week I began an editorial exploration into one of the motivating factors of life, — and politics — that emotion we know by as many names as the puppeteer pulling the strings of the darkness dancing around us.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all my friends I am visiting you from Wingo, Kentucky this morning!!!! Buzz, Joes son picked us up Saturday morning and we started to Kentucky got here about 6:30 in the evening, traffic was heavy and saw the most awful wreck coming but we made it. Oh!

Destination Galveston

Kathleen Mata writes about Galveston.“There’s something for everybody. If you’re a history lover, a nature lover, there’s just a little bit of something for everybody.” After graduating from Sam Houston State, Kathleen, who lives in Clear Lake, spent twenty-five years in advertising.

Fear is delicious

While many readers might expect that given recent national events, I might have commentary to share about the state of our country, views about patriotism, or an opinion about civil unrest or political violence, I don’t.