2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all my friends who read my column, sure is hot in Aspermont after being so cool in Kentucky. It rained on us every day, it might have been just a shower but it was rain. Joe and Buzz worked all week, cutting trees down and trimming them up.

Downstairs at the Barfield

The Barfield Hotel in Amarillo has a speakeasy that dates back to the 1920s. It was known then as the Paramount Recreation Club. To get to it, you follow the six-shooter and bullet trail to the basement and go to a cigarette machine.

I’m not going to say it’s fear

Last week I began an editorial exploration into one of the motivating factors of life, — and politics — that emotion we know by as many names as the puppeteer pulling the strings of the darkness dancing around us.

2 Cents Worth

Good morning to all my friends I am visiting you from Wingo, Kentucky this morning!!!! Buzz, Joes son picked us up Saturday morning and we started to Kentucky got here about 6:30 in the evening, traffic was heavy and saw the most awful wreck coming but we made it.

Destination Galveston

Kathleen Mata writes about Galveston.“There’s something for everybody. If you’re a history lover, a nature lover, there’s just a little bit of something for everybody.”

Fear is delicious

While many readers might expect that given recent national events, I might have commentary to share about the state of our country, views about patriotism, or an opinion about civil unrest or political violence, I don’t. Pennsylvania isn’t my beat, and while I have a litany of considerations about...

2 Cents Worth

The wind is going to blow in Aspermont today, but the sand does not blow here like it does in Rotan, that was the first thing I noticed after I married Joe, he said 'Carol this is pasture land up here mostly and we have black land instead of that sandy land', Joe and I had a full week last week,...

Carol's Kitchen

GRAHAM CRACKER DESERT From Saundra one of my friendsGet you one package of instant vanilla pudding mix Follow directions Lay graham crackers in the bottom of the dish After mixing the pudding mix well spread a little over the graham crackers, lay on top another layer of graham crackers and finish...

Learning through failure or failing to learn

Despite my feelings of arithmetic that fall somewhere between physical revulsion and ominous dread, I must concede whether algorithms, story structures, or behavioral patterns, mathematics is an invisible force within our history, daily actions, and potential future.

Mason’s voice of history

“People talk about the good old days and I’m so glad I didn’t live then.” Those are the words of Scott Zesch of Mason. After he graduated from A & M and spent two years with the Peace Corps in Kenya, he earned a degree in law from Harvard University.“I practiced for two years.