Some people just haven’t learned when to let go the rope

Two young boys were growing up on their parents’ small farm. This meant that raising show-worthy pigs and calves for livestock shows was a normal thing in life to them. The youngest of the two was small in stature and big in heart.

Seeing God through ugly glasses

I handed a homeless friend the sack of burgers. He glanced at it. “What’s this?” I “smiled. I figured you might be hungry.” The woman at his side, a new face, at least for me, stood with him. “We are a bit hungry.” I moved closer to her. “I don’t think we’ve met.

The secret of life

In my 46 years, I have heard a lot of people talk about the secret of life. Recently, I found myself pondering that phrase. What is the secret of life? Those three simple words-the secret of life- can have profound meaning and implications.

No Fake News to be found

A memory from a couple of years ago came across my desk this morning, and it reminded me instantly of why we do what we do here at your community newspaper.

A doggone fun night of puttin’ on the dog

“Do you know the meanings of these old sayings.” — Question posed on a website that researches the origins of old sayings. “You should have seen him; he was puttin’ on the dog Saturday night.” Time-worn old sayings often convey precise meaning better than the best of scholarly English.

Supreme Court okays theft of Texas county

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Mar. 15, 1896 that Greer County belonged not to Texas but the recently organized Oklahoma Territory. The questionable decision raised doubts about the justices’ impartiality and stole from the Lone Star State a million acres held since the Revolution.

At the root of democracy: Free flow of information

As Ukrainians fight and die for democracy, Russia is arresting its own citizens who are protesting the war and threatening prison for journalists who report the truth.

Be Encouraged

Sometimes, life gets hard. It seems like everything is stacked against you and you can’t seem to make any sort of head way. For every one step forward, you seem to take no less than five steps backwards. This is where I am right now.

Vision

Too many of us continually meditate, excessively contemplate, and inordinately think about our troubles. We think about them until we have ulcers, cannot sleep; we can become paralyzed by them to the point of exhaustion and made sick by the constant worry. We come to be hard to get along with.

There will always be those days

“Teaching kids to count is fine but teaching them what counts is best.” — Bob Talbert (1936-1999), sportswriter, editor, and columnist at The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C. “What do you want to be when you grow up?