I could not shake the feeling of sitting awash in a moment of history in the making.
The worst of times seem to bring out the best in people.
As the oldest publishing newspaper in Texas, we are proud of our history of firsts. That is until the “Arctic Hurricane” of 2021 came to town, throwing businesses and residents into the dark under a blanket of dangerously cold temperatures.
I rarely use this space to ask for help. Based on what I’m hearing, however, in phone calls, emails and from those of you showing up at our Teichman Road address — you’re struggling with timely delivery of your first-class mail.
For Valentine’s Day, my wife and I are going to bake a homemade pizza. And to be truthful, we do not know how this will work out. But the tradition of a low-key Valentine’s Day is alive and well in our home.
My wife and I are drinking a lot of Champagne these days.
Real life is getting less real every day.
My mom and dad would return from the voting polls, each laughing and claiming they’d canceled each other’s vote. She, an immigrant from Scotland and naturalized citizen, and he a Mid-Westerner with his boot planted deeply in the traditional values. Voting was equally important to each of them.
I’m sitting outside a quiet roadside diner in western Texas, a sea of cloudless skies arch above. Blue is the designated color of the day in Marfa.
Friendship is one of the most valuable gifts we can extend to another.
Finally. Welcome, 2021. Many of us thought you’d never get here.
2020 is going down as the year people love to hate.
Entering a hospice a week before Christmas was never in my friend’s plans.
Recently, a friend described her biggest challenge of decorating their Christmas tree.
COVID keeps reminding me of a time-honored saying.
Thanksgiving will be quiet around the Woolsey table this year. Because of COVID, our kids will not fly in from different time zones or far reaches of the state. People outside our regular bubble will not pass the stuffing across the table or ask for seconds of my wife’s fabulous green bean c…
Recently, a younger person asked me what common traits I thought successful people held and practiced.
I am the child of an immigrant who came to this country to embrace the opportunity to vote. She was so proud that she forever displayed the small American flag presented to her the day of her naturalization and swearing-in ceremony.
Today, there are roughly 18 million veterans in the United States. And to them, we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude, one we can never expect to repay with a designated day each year.
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