Thanks to the candidates

With early voting opening this week, voters across the state are casting ballots for the upcoming March Primary, and while further up the governmental ladder the election will determine party representatives, on the rungs of our local races, the primary will determine the final outcomes.

Soil of Local Culture

What makes local culture, anyway? In “The Work of Local Culture,” Wendell Berry tells the story of an old bucket hanging on a fencepost near his farm. Leaves fall into the bucket. Mice and squirrels come and go and drop acorns into it. Bird droppings and feathers find their way into the bucket.

A ROMANCE RE-KINDLED BY EMAIL

Curt Waldrip of Liberty grew up Bellmead near Waco where he played football and ran track in high school. He has worked as a soldier, teacher (physics and chemistry), DJ and in the nuclear field. He even jousted at a renaissance festival. In 1999 he got a job with Verizon Communications.

Switch Your Focus

I talked to a close friend the other day, and when I asked him how he was doing, he declared, "I'm terrible." He went on to say how awful his life was. It didn't matter what he talked about; he had a negative take on it.

Faces & Places

“What does freedom mean?

SANTA ANNA VISITED WALLISVILLE

Wallisville is a small community east of the Trinity River just south of Interstate 10 in Chambers County. It is on the site of a former French trading post and was named for the first family that settled the area. Rice and cotton became the major crops.

Choose to be happy

People usually allow circumstances to determine how they feel. Everyone has at many points allowed the events of the day to decide whether or not they have a good day.

Faces & Places

“In our notebooks, we press our past selves between the pages like diaphanous flowers, so that we can look back and remember who we used to be.

Early primary voting starts on Valentine’s Day

Early voting in the March 1 primary begins on Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 25. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Feb. 18.

Old Glory News

I suppose everyone enjoyed the beautiful snow. It was so pretty, but the ice was certainly dangerous, and we stayed in the whole time. Susan had to take care of the animals, but sitting by the fireplace had us pretty much in place.