A Thanksgiving Message to

This has been a difficult year for us individually and as a people. A new virus has brought illness and death into too many families and communities. Our rural economy has struggled and the pandemic has caused even more economic hardship, particularly for retail and small business.

Check Your Mirrors

“I need peace.” Lillie pulled the shower curtain all the way across and plopped herself into the warm bath for her nightly germ purge. A typical five-year-old’s contact with desks, playground equipment, classmate hugs, and wrestling on the floor with her sister cause such a time as this.

Always Praising God

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Rom 8:28 NKJV): The bible has many examples of God taking a bad situation and using it for His purpose and glory.

Readers share many tales of internet woe

Rural Texans have a lot to say about the lack of broadband service in their communities. Since we covered the topic earlier this month, many readers have emailed to share their stories and pleas for help.

Editorial; Shmeditorial... Something to lift the spirits

The Double Mountain Chronicle’s publisher asked me to write an editorial for this week’s Thanksgiving edition, and I found myself typing, then deleting, then typing something new, only to discard what I had written, often several paragraphs of work.

Old Glory News

Oh my it did get cold, after yesterday was such a lovely day. Guess it's that time. I suppose this week is going to be a busy one. If the corona virus would just go away so everyone could get back to normal life.

Amazon goes big in Texas

Amazon delivered good economic news, announcing plans for a 700,000-square-foot distribution center and warehouse in Waco. Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials heralded the plan to bring up to 1,000 workers to Central Texas at a starting wage of $15 an hour.

Irving company pivots to green energy

Vistra, an energy powerhouse based in Irving, announced plans to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. A key part of that plan is a capital investment of $1.15 billion by 2022 on solar and storage projects in California and Texas.

Old Glory News

Still enjoying the beautiful weather, however the wind is suppose to change this evening and come from the north, and also a twenty degree drop in temperature. By morning guess we will be hunting a jacket. Oh well it will be October in a few hours so we have to look for a drastic change.

HIGH SCHOOL MASCOTS

One of the most enjoyable articles I have ever read is about high school mascots. I put ii in a file somewhere and every once in a while I’ll run across it and enjoy it all over again. I recently found an old column written by John Walker about high school mascots.