Bring on the aging

“I think I am only 57, but the paperwork does not back this up. I don’t feel old because your inside self doesn’t age.

Living in Season

Several months ago, I shared my reluctance to make New Year’s resolutions around January 1. That newsletter actually sparked some interesting conversations with some friends and readers about the topic.

Panhandle Yellow Dirt Poetry

After graduating from the University of Texas with a degree in journalism, Wes Reeves of Amarillo got a job at a newspaper and wrote about Panhandle people. Ten years ago he started writing free verse poetry.“I have a lot of inspiration,” he says.

HERE’S TO RECOVERED BALLS

week’s editorial will come across as a bit of a backhanded compliment, I feel that in striving for balanced reporting, since I have so often condemned the Rotan City Council for actions in the past, it is important to share positive opinions when I have them.

2 Cents Worth

What a week we all had at Aspermont, the hail hit us about 9:30 in the evening and it was one more hail. It took care of Joe's onions just beat them to the ground, then it got his peach tree, the tomato plants he had set out and the pepper plants.

Letter to the Editor

Finally, we have a real sheriff with something to report. It is a shame he had to report the reestablishment of patrols as during the Wade time, there was no patrol. The deputies only responded to calls and sat at the station the rest of the time. Funny with patrol came 5 arrests and 17 cases filed.

National recognition for Pody’s BBQ in Pecos

Israel Compos of Pecos has the nickname Pody.“Pody was a sheep dog and when I was in school I used to have long straight hair that covered my eyes most of the time,” he says. “So my classmates started calling me Pody and the name stuck.

WORTHY OF THE WRITING

Despite the pastelcolored controversy stemming from the mixed-gendered massages from the nation’s capital, most of the folks out in the not-so-woke towns along the Double Mountains celebrated this long Easter weekend at home, where we find it possible to eat chocolate bunnies and celebrate the...

2 Cents Worth

Let's set awhile and visit and drink us a cup of coffee, this time change Joe is still snoozing and of course I'm up, wish I could sleep like he does!!!!! He was mowing and he came in the house and said, 'Carol you have a friend in the backyard!

Take me out to the ball game

“Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.”-Hank Aaron You may fall into the camp of “baseball is the most boring sport known to man.” Fair enough.