Is it time to begin stepping into the light of normalcy?

What is your new normal? It’s your choice. I think my life is forever changed, even though I’m not sure what that means. I believe the pandemic has had a profound and maybe permanent impact on my life. Around the time this shut down began, I received a serious health diagnosis.

Faces & Places

“You must make your choice: either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call Him Lord and God.

Bill tightening voting restrictions in Texas passes

A Texas Senate committee on Friday passed an elections bill that would tighten the state’s voting rules by limiting extended early voting hours, requiring proof of disability to qualify for mail-in voting and prohibiting drive-thru voting. Senate Bill 7, sponsored by Sen.

Old Glory News

Sure am enjoying the beautiful day today. No wind. Looks like spring is here, but I am sure we will still have some of cold weather. It is hard to believe we are going into the fourth month of this year already. It is hard to keep up with the time.

Bad news anyone?

I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this April Fools edition is reflective of a light news week. It’s not that the content is less heavy — although it is — there simply has not been much going on this week outside of school events.

2 CENTS WORTH

Grab you a glass of tea and set with me awhile, the wind is blowing in Aspermont,Texas this morning but you know we should be used to it, oh well, take what we can get, I don't want to be flooded like they are in the east either!!!!

A Minor Regional Novelist

Note: this a condensed version of the fulllength essay, which can be found at westof98.substack.com. I love “Lonesome Dove.” That’s no secret. I have read the book approximately a dozen times. When Lauren and I got married, Basil Poledouris’ magnificent theme from the film was our recessional.

THE BASEBALL ORGANIST

Just like the great organs used to offer sound effects and music for silent movies to emphasize what was happening on the screen, the organ at the ballpark does the same thing. Say a batter hits a home run. While he’s running the bases, the organ might play The William Tell Overture.

You ain’t nuthin but a hot dog?” Those are fighting words in ChiTown!

For the love of the dog ... My parents were both small town kids. My mom from Sand Springs, Oklahoma and dad from Sesser, Illinois. Their move to the far south suburbs of Chicago in 1953 to find work must have been a culture shock of great magnitude.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

What a difference a year makes. Last March, we were shutting down, and now we are cautiously enjoying the coming of spring. For small schools, it is “the season of seasons.” Basketball in Texas high schools has just completed its last dribble.