Simple Home Safety Solutions for Aging-in-Place

Dear Savvy Senior, Falls and fires are the two things I worry most about for my elderly father who lives alone. Do you have any suggestions on what we can do to help keep him safe, and keep an eye on him from afar? Concerned Daughter Dear Concerned, Of course!

2 Cents Worth

Good morning and Happy New Year to all of you hope all of Gods Blessings come your way this year of 2023, where does the time go?

Pointing North

E.C. “Teddy Blue” Abbott was a young man in the proverbial glory days of the Old West cowboy. As a teenager, he drove cattle up the trail from Texas to Montana. His experiences were recounted in a 1939 memoir called “We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher.

The Casita Society

Casita in Spanish means little house. Casita travel trailers are made in Rice, Texas just north of Corsicana. “They work very well and have all the things you need for travel,” says Gary Humphreys of Del Rio. “They have a bathroom, shower, kitchen, table and a bed. It’s a nice little deal.

Lessons from historical non-fiction

Both of my girls enjoy fiction, in particular historical fiction. Their mother is still holding out a bit, preferring the true events which inspire the stories Julie and Emily read. New World Coming: The Roaring Twenties and the Making of Modern America is my commuter book this year.

Faces & Places

'What I mean is this, you need to quit being so self-centered about yourself and look at life from a new perspective. Look at life with the perspective that life is not about you; it is about the others in your life. It is about your family, your friends, and who else God puts in your way.

Most Texas pregnancy deaths preventable

A long-awaited state report concludes most pregnancyrelated deaths in Texas in 2019 were preventable and disproportionately affected Black women.

Hope and Community

As I have written before, Christmas is not about exchanging gifts, Christmas decorations, family gatherings, or the other pleasurable aspects of the season. Those things can be good, particularly if they make the Christmas season more enjoyable.

Motorized outhouses are parade favorites

Several people around Carthage told me I needed to interview Rodney Wooten about his signs and stuff. So on a recent trip to East Texas I did just that. I drove to his 400-acre farm just outside Carthage in the tiny community of Antioch.

Faces & Places

'Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.' ~ Ann Landers Have you ever done something so stupid and embarrassing that you wanted to punch yourself in the face after you realized what you had done? Comparable to wanting the earth to open up and swallow you?