More than a thousand in one small collection

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” — Old adage considered cliché by some. For one whose lifetime has been spent behind a camera, it still speaks volumes for me. “You’re a photographer. Come work for me until you figure out what you want to do.” Morris Craig made me that offer. About 1974.

To the Class of 2022…

To the Class of 2022-Congratulations! You did it! You successfully completed your 13-year journey through a local school system. That is certainly something to be celebrated.

The most important meal of the day

For breakfast, I like my toast covered with butter and jam, my eggs sunny side up near a generous serving of grits, a strip of leftover steak on the side, coffee with cream but no sugar, and a tall glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice within reach to keep the meal looking healthy.

Boat Ride with Jesus

Are you facing a storm? Then take a peek into the night. Jesus quiets a storm with his words. It’s a scene (Mark 4: 35-41) where Jesus and his disciples take a boat ride away from the crowd, and a storm arises, and the waves pour into the boat, rocking it, threatening to sink it.

Post invests fortune in West Texas utopia

Months of costly construction went down the drain on May 14, 1907, when C.W. Post picked out a new place for his West Texas dream town and ordered the original site abandoned. The hired hands shrugged their shoulders.

Texas motorcyclist deaths on the rise

One evening in April 2021, Eric Newell was out for a ride in Houston when his motorcycle was rear-ended by a vehicle, breaking both of his legs, dislocating his hips and injuring his back and hands. He is just one of 2,318 Texas motorcyclists seriously injured in crashes last year.

Washing and hanging out; what next?

“During times I’ve felt like throwing in the towel, I keep going when I realize that means one more piece of laundry to deal with.” —Modern-day motivational message. Laundry. Who really enjoys the sorting, washing, drying, folding, and hanging up? Makes me tired just thinking about it.

Get the fox out of the henhouse!

As a child growing up, I remember having animals. We had a little bit of everything: dogs, cats, rabbits, pigs, chickens. At one time, we even had a goat. Though I would call us ranchers, we were most definitely animal lovers.

The speed of light yardwork

According to my own personal analogy of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, a person who is out mowing the front yard at an infinitesimal fraction of the speed of light still ages slower than a person snacking on a couch while watching reruns of “Leave it to Beaver,” but only when both people...

LIBRARY CORNER

The Friends’ once-a-year book sale begins Thursday, May 12 at 9 a.m. Thursday and Friday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday wraps up running 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be held in the Civic Center. Come browse the thousands of available books.