John Campbell’s Adventures Around the World

John Campbell of Austin started his professional career on a high note. “My actual first job was at the White House,” says John. He went there after graduating from Tulane with degrees in Biology and Sociology. A professor helped him get a job as part of a panel to research global hunger and health.

2 Cents Worth

Rain, rain wonderful rain but I could have done without the hailstones, and being uneasy with all this severe thunderstorms. Some of our friends lived at Hodges, and just broke our hearts but at least they weren't hurt like some of the people that lived there were.

Carol's Kitchen

STRAWBERRY MOUSSE PIEI pulled this off of the graham cracker crust to try. It was different Joe loved it!!!!!

Thoughts for a Mother’s Day upgrade

“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn’t know what to do.” –Mother Goose A mother is a mother whether her shoe is filled with one or seven. The nine months alone in the womb count towards heavy labor.

How to Find Affordable Internet Services?

Dear Savvy Senior, I was recently notified that the Affordable Connectivity Program, which subsidizes my monthly internet bill, is about to end. What are my options for finding affordable home internet services now? I’m 71 years old and live primarily on my Social Security benefits.

Old Glory News

OMG what a beautiful day, so perfect. PRAISE THE LORD we got such a beautiful rain, and a good one at that. I could not see how much we got because the storm sucked my big rain gauge out of the holder and I have not found it as of today.

What to Do About Medicare and Social Security When You Move

Dear Savvy Senior, Next month I am moving to a different state so I can be near my daughter and grandkids. Do I need to notify Social Security and Medicare about the move?

Faces & Places

“Imagine what our real neighbors would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. There have been so many stories about the lack of courtesy, the impatience of today's world, road rage and even restaurant rage.

THANK GOODNESS FOR LOUSY PREDICTIONS

Since the likelihood of you seeking information contained in your local newspaper while also being so uninformed that you missed 96% of the sun’s face being blocked by the moon, I’d like to say just how cool I thought Monday’s eclipse was. I’m so happy we all survived.

Panhandle Yellow Dirt Poetry

Dr. Texas Ruegg got his first name from his great great grandmother. “The family was moving from Tennessee, traveling by covered wagon,” he says, “and my great great grandmother was born in the back of that wagon right as they crossed the border into Texas.