The Counterculture of Humanity

There’s an idea afoot that the human touch is no longer necessary in much of life. Automation is in, people are out. Retail stores have self checkout lines. Fast food restaurants have a touch screen kiosk to order your food in lieu of a cashier.

2 Cents Worth

Joe got a little rain on his garden and he was so thankful for that, but he sure needs more like all the farmers and ranchers. We need enough rain to fill up all the tanks, hauling water for stock is no fun and so expensive.

The man behind the posters

You see posters of wildflowers in stores, homes and offices. Rick Vanderpool of Lubbock did them. “You only see the big flowers at 70 miles an hour,” he says. “If you get out of your vehicle you find the little jewels in the bar ditch.

When childhood ends

My granddaughters are soon to be home for summer. With only a dance recital on June 3 and a commuter basketball camp, the girls are set for some carefree time with their parents. One more round of swimming lessons, and they will be good to go for pool time.

Faces & Places

“The greatest fool is not the person who has been fooled by the lies of others, despite how crafty and ingenious those lies might have been. Rather, it is the fool who has lied with such amazing dexterity and subtle finesse that he himself has come to believe his own lies.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Jeff and Patricia Hurt, I would just like to thank you for ALL of the efforts you guys put in to issuing the Double Mountain Chronicle week after week.

Counterculture

“Counterculture” has a certain connotation. To folks of a certain age, “counterculture” evokes visions of the hippies with flowers in their hair swaying to Janis Joplin. That was the example of a counterculture in a specific period of time, but it is not the only example of counterculture.

2 Cents Worth

Thanks to all of you who made my 86th birthday Friday so special, my phone started ringing at 8:00 and texting and the last call came in at 9:30 Friday night, The text sent bouquets of roses, cakes, bears hugging, and the one that topped them all I just laughed out loud.

Faces & Places

“Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who simply don't want to be in it, because we know no matter how much we struggle, we can't comfortably fit.

Henderson’s Historic Landmark

Logan and Dave Howard were early carpenters in Henderson who designed and built a beautiful 6-room brick house on the city’s main thoroughfare in 1858. “Logan never married,” says Joan Smith, Rusk County historian. “He lived in the house until he died in 1905.