The Local Holiday Economy

Essays from West of 98 Ah yes, it is time for the sights and sounds of the season. What are those sights and sounds you ask? The visions of family togetherness? Sharing a meal with people important to you? Celebrating the birth of a savior? Or….

Rotan ISD’s Super-in-transparent search

Now and then I like to capitalize on those little coincidences that allow one to draw humorous parallels in life, like when a news outlet covers an article about the governmental process and the expense of maintaining industrial-sized sewer systems in the same edition.

Karolyn is ready for anything

“I was going to paint and then after I had my first child discovered that you could not paint and take care of a baby, too,“ says Karolyn Rogers of Midland, “because you can get lost in a painting for twelve hours or more and I realized I could not do that.

2 Cents Worth

Ran wonderful rain, Joe says maybe the dry weather is over!!!!! Guess all of you are like me the time is fixing to change again, my poor sleep pattern is going to be crazy again. As Joe says 'Carol is hard to live with when her sleep pattern is messed up!!!!

A quiet, small gesture in the World Series

Before Saturday night’s World Series game, I did not know squat about Tommy Pham, the 35-yearold designated hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks. A quick Internet search revealed that the veteran had moved around quite a bit in his nine-year MLB career, playing for seven different teams.

Of Death and Tomatoes

We don’t contemplate death particularly well. I have written about this before (on this past Memorial Day). Polite society prefers to sanitize, obscure, and hide death from life, often refusing to accept that it exists.

Faces & Places

'A tree is alive; thus, it is always more than you see. Roots to leaves, yes—those you can, in part, see. But it is more—it is the lichens and moss and ferns that grow on its bark, the life too small to see that lives among its roots, a community we know of, but do not think on.

Early voting now underway

Early voting is now underway for the Nov. 7 general election. Voters will decide the fate of 14 proposed amendments, including measures to provide property tax relief and raise the homestead exemption to $100,000.

How to Find a Medical Escort After a Procedure

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some medical escort services that help seniors get home after a medical procedure? I need to have a colonoscopy, but my doctor’s clinic won’t schedule my appointment unless I supply them with a name and phone number of the person taking me home afterward.

Old Glory News

Well, how did everyone like the nice cool breeze this morning. It is so nice to have nice weather that is so pleasant. We had to dig out the sweater this morningbefore going to church, but it felt so nice. We could sure use a good rain right now, that would be a Blessing.