2 CENTS WORTH

Wonderful!!!! Wonderful rain this morning, joe and I had an inch in our gauge at 7::00 AM and it's still raining slow, wonderful. He can hardly wait to go to the farm and see if he got rain north of town. The way this rain is spotted you never know what it did in the next block!!!!!

A Real Cowboy Reunion

Author’s note: this is an updated and refreshed version of an essay about the Texas Cowboy Reunion that appeared in several print and digital outlets in 2016 and 2017. The year was 1930.

THE WILDEST, CRAZIEST CELLIST

He wallows around in the dirt, jumps flatfooted from the ground to a table 4 feet high, makes guttural sounds and all kinds of strange and scary faces, acts like he has just escaped from the asylum and does all this while playing his cello, sometimes with a bow, sometimes strumming it like a guitar.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

--carrying a 35 lb.

Faces & Places

“You have no control over how your story begins or ends. But by now, you should know that all things have an ending. Every spark returns to darkness. Every sound returns to silence. Every flower returns to sleep with the earth. The journey of the sun and moon is predictable.

Old Glory News

Oh my, it is so much nicer today than yesterday, a light breeze out of the north, mostly cloudy, and temp blow 100. If it would just let it rain. Pray for rain. Can you believe that July is upon us and this week is going to be a busy one.

How to Hire an In-Home Helper for an Aging Parent

Dear Savvy Senior, I would like to hire an in-home helper for my 82-yearold mother to assist with household chores like housekeeping, grocery shopping and driving her to the doctor, etc. But mom doesn’t require any personal/ physical caregiving, nor does she require any home medical care.

Ticket please

There is, a lot of talk about gun control on the surface right now — as it is after every large-scale tragedy where guns are involved — and with it, a discussion about mental health and the complexities that come along with human psychology.

2 CENTS WORTH

Grab you a glass of tea and rest awhile, I've been outside this morning while it's cool watering and just enjoying the early morning. Yes I'm a early riser I like the early mornings, the birds are happy and I enjoy all of them.

Freedom’s Continuous Journey

“We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.