Start moving toward retirement security

It’s not as well-known as Halloween, but National Retirement Security week happens every October – the third week, to be precise — and while it doesn’t involve ghosts and goblins, it does deal with something even more frightening: the risk of not being able to enjoy a comfortable retirement.

Persevere! Just Breathe!

When I was six, I fainted on the first day of school, falling from the porch in front of the old school and landing behind the hedge. Yes, I came up missing that day. I’d forgotten to breathe!

Perfect Peace

How many of you have suffered storms in life … trials and tribulations? If you haven’t, count yourself fortunate. I bet everyone breathing has faced some type of trial during their time on earth, or definitely know someone close who certainly has.

Building and believing in a foundation

Factor As a sports editor in addition to my news editor duties, I typically come across a lot of motivational sayings for a team and or group. A few times, they stick in my mind and I end up thinking them over.

What does that mean when you say that?

“Say•ing” noun — a short pithy expression that generally contains advice, insight or wisdom. Often provoking questions from young minds. — Oxford dictionary and the voice of personal experience.

When should you sell investments?

If you’re a long-term investor, your portfolio may stay fairly stable over time. However, that doesn’t mean you will never sell any investments. But when should you sell — and why?

The joys of an unexpected ‘Heat Day’

I remember well the Heat Days of my youth. Mom and Dad would wake us up early, open a shuttered window just a smidge to give us a glimpse of the searing white daylight outside, and proudly announce: “No school today! You have a Heat Day!

Tent showman was toast of West Texas

Texas History arley Sadler, a household name throughout West Texas, made his last personal appearance at a benefit for the Boy Scouts on Oct. 9, 1954, but this time there would be no curtain call for the much loved king of the tent shows.

Deposits of Time

The man’s head hung low. He sat with his knees up. He was staring into the dirt by his feet and writing his life in the sand with a stick. Or so it seemed. I watched ... on purpose, those walking by him ...

Little Lambs

Living in rural East Texas, I am used to cattle – big, tough, every color and every breed you can imagine. After all, this is Texas and it IS cattle country. Then I saw a small herd of sheep on a spread not far from us and I became hooked.