2 Cents Worth

Grab you a cup of coffee and visit with me awhile, we had rain over the weekend, hurrah got 8 tenths here in town Saturday and got 2 tenths during the night sometime.

Letters to the Editor Policy

The Double Mountain Chronicle welcomes Letters to the Editor for possible publication in the newspaper. A Letter to the Editor must be original, signed by the writer, and include the address and phone number of the writer. Only the name of the writer and the city will be published with the letter.

Massive wildfires ignited by power lines

Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

New angles in taxidermy

Wyatt Oakley retired from the fire department in Odessa, then became fire chief in Stamford and retired from that position. Once when he was fishing he caught a beautiful bass and decided to mount it himself. It won a prize at a taxidermy competition.

THE ELEPHANT BESIDE AN EMPTY CHAIR

I’m not sure what it is about humans that causes such unpredictability in our behavior.

2 Cents Worth

What a beautiful morning we all woke up to this morning in Aspermont even though I am going to gripe, this time change just gets me all out sorts. I really don't mind either one of them, but just leave it alone.

Independence of the Peasants

On October 28, 1785, Thomas Jefferson wrote a famous letter to his friend James Madison. This is the letter in which Jefferson famously called small landholders “the most precious part of a state.”This was no mere philosophical musing.

Faces & Places

We live stitch by stitch, when we're lucky. If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching. And maybe the stitching is crude, or it is unraveling, but if it were precise, we'd pretend that life was just fine and running like a Swiss watch.

Largest wildfire in state history still raging

A wildfire in the Texas Panhandle has consumed more than 1 million acres and as of Sunday was just 15% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. It is the largest wildfire in Texas history.

Browsing The Texas Almanac

I’m a big fan of the Texas Almanac and get a copy every time a new edition comes out. I interviewed the editor of the publication years ago and was amazed at some of the things I learned, especially about a few Texas legends.