On Jayber Crow

Have you ever had a moment in life in which you learn something that you can never unlearn? No matter how hard you try, you can never mentally return to your prior state or see the world the same way again. Depending on the particulars, this can be a bad thing or a good thing.

Faces & Places

“More terrible still are thunder and lightning in the mountains at night, when storms come up from East and West and make war.

A European Cathedral on The Texas Plains

I was privileged to be the guest speaker for the Memorial Day Ceremony at Erichsdahl. The only thing there is a church and a cemetery but the sense of community is extremely strong. People came from the nearby communities of Stamford, Avoca, Lueders, Pleasant Valley and other places further away.

Old Glory News

I hope everyone has enjoyed the cooler weather we have had. I hear from the weatherman that the temp is going to rise and keep rising. I guess we are expecting it and although we gripe about it, it's our way of life and we take it as it comes.

Health Insurance Options After a Spouse Retires

Dear Savvy Senior, My 63-year-old wife, who’s doesn’t work, is on my health insurance plan through my employer. When I retire next month and go on Medicare, what are our options for getting her health coverage until she turns 65? Is there some kind of Medicare coverage for dependent spouses?

Needing to Want to be From Here Part 2

There’s an episode of the great sitcom Parks and Recreation called “Born and Raised.” In it, the champion of Pawnee, Indiana, Leslie Knope, discovers a disturbing fact: she wasn’t actually born in Pawnee. Even worse, she was born in the hideous neighboring town of Eagleton.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning, we got rain again last night, Joe thought it was hailing one time, so this morning instead of him sleeping in he hit the floor early to look at his garden, It wasn't hurt guess it was just large rain drops hitting the carport.

Hanging out with Buddy

“There’s a Memphis on the Mississippi and a Memphis on the Nile. But the Memphis on the Red beats ‘em all by a mile.” That’s John Ballew’s favorite phrase. Although he now lives In the Metroplex to be near his grandkids, he still calls Memphis home. He grew up there.

Faces & Places

'I guess you can call me 'old fashioned.' I prefer the book with the pages that you can actually turn. Sure, I may have to lick the tip of my fingers so that the pages don't stick together when I'm enraptured in a story that I can't wait to get to the next page.

Old Glory News

Well, it has been an interesting week, we have had good rain almost every night and there is lot of water to see. There are different amounts reported every morning. I got an inch during the night last night and I was told that folks out north of Old GLory got three inches.