Parents in the dark
Fri, 05/26/2023 - 12:00am
Prayers of university presidents and school superintendents for commencement exercises to be executed as planned often are short-circuited.
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Peanut and the cowboy
Fri, 05/26/2023 - 12:00am
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.
Sitting in lukewarm water
Fri, 05/26/2023 - 12:00am
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.
It’s all about perspective
Tue, 05/23/2023 - 12:00am
When confronting a problem. I’ve always been told to gain perspective by thinking about how important this issue will be in five years. It’s a useful exercise.
Sacrifices to the past
Tue, 05/23/2023 - 12:00am
Big Bend National Park is becoming increasingly attractive to the European and Texas Urban tourists. Once upon a time, it was considered “out there,” with few amenities desired by the comfy tourists.
House defies Abbott on vouchers
Tue, 05/23/2023 - 12:00am
Akey House education committee adjourned last week without voting on a school voucher bill that is Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority this session, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Leave it to the fraternities
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 12:00am
Stephen F. Austin State University, newest member of The University of Texas System, has a storied basketball history, but in football – for a few seasons, at least – not so much.
Cherishing my happy place
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 12:00am
Ihave a sticker that says “My Happy Place,” and I kept it for a while, wondering where to put it. In the end, I stuck it near my desk so I could see it while I write. I am usually happy when I’m writing.
The Cross: America’s only hope
Sun, 05/21/2023 - 12:00am
If you take a few minutes to read any local or national news, you will find tragic stories. They often surround a person or group of people making poor moral choices that harm themselves and others.
When the human starts feeling ill
Wed, 05/17/2023 - 12:00am
You don’t appreciate your health - until it’s gone. Gosh this is true, and I’ve learned it the hard way a few times in my life – the most recently last Tuesday.