Gov. Greg Abbott late last week warned lawmakers to be prepared for several special sessions to pass a tax reform bill that he will accept, as well as a school voucher plan that failed to pass during the regular session.
Nothing is really impossible, except keeping your eyes open when you sneeze.
Far-out occurrences often are illuminated through the miracle of the Internet, sometimes resulting in findings that may, uh, need additional study.
My new friend, Betty Lou, started a book club, and she asked me to join.
Have you ever known someone who took pride in saying something like, “My body. My choice. I am going to live however I choose?” They are right! Every person does have the human right to live and do with their bodies, whatever they want. However, it is also true, that though a person has the freedom to choose, they do not have the freedom to decide the consequences of their choices.
I’ve heard of grief compared to losing a limb, and think that’s quite accurate.
The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Saturday to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, only the third time in the state’s history that has occurred.
Prayers of university presidents and school superintendents for commencement exercises to be executed as planned often are short-circuited.
Iwasn’t allowed to interact face to face with hospice patients during the shutdown of 2020. However, I was able to take my miniature horses and donkeys to nursing homes and visit through closed windows.
Yesterday wasn’t the best day. I don’t like to complain and, the truth is, I have very little to complain about. Still, yesterday was not the best day. I woke with a stomachache. I’d gone to bed with a stomachache, and this is not terribly unusual. My mother gets stomachaches, and now my 20-year-old niece is prey to them. Stress and irregular eating set them off, these stomachs of ours, and sometimes they take hours or even days to get sorted out. This one was particularly stubborn and saw me through the night and into the next day. By midmorning, I realized, unless I was writing about a stomachache, I wasn’t likely to get much writing done.
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