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Eclipse in our Rearview Mirror

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:00am

Enough already. The eclipse of April 8 has been smothered with coverage by both mass and social media. Americans-- some who flail at things that go “bump” in the nightyearned for even more darkness! They carved out time from busy schedules and squeezed funds from their budgets to make their way to a slice of the globe where the solar eclipse darkened the day for some four minutes-give or take a few seconds.

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Bonanza!

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:00am

My husband, Peter, and I spend the winters in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The center of the town is a designated World Heritage Site, which means the facades of the buildings must remain as they were in the mid-1700s. The streets are made of round and sometimes slippery cobblestones. The doors are stout and covered with hundreds of coats of paint, and on the top of every building is a rooftop terrace where people can watch the fireworks that go off for no reason that anyone has ever been able to figure out. It is wonderful.

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When the Laws of God and man clash

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:00am

President Abraham Lincoln once said, referring to America in the face of civil war, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” And Aesop, a great thinker and story teller of history, wrote something similar, “United we stand, divided we fall.”

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Lopez talks to Dawson County Voters

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:00am

Dear Editor,

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All hills go down

Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:00am

Yesterday the TV was playing in the background and I thought I heard Homer Simpson say one of what I thought was the most prolific quotes of all time.

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Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight

Tue, 04/09/2024 - 12:00am

State agencies and regulators were heavily criticized at a Texas legislative hearing for failing to communicate during the deadly Panhandle wildfires, the Texas Tribune reported.

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The Blackwood name lives on

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 12:00am

The name “Blackwood” has been as closely linked to Southern Gospel Music as ham and eggs to diners, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz to TV, and Tarzan and Jane to jungle movies. The family has endeared itself to a grateful nation for their renditions of gospel music for some 125 years.

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Driven to want what others have

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 12:00am

Picture it in your mind.” That is what I was taught when I attended a conference soon after graduating from high school.

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What is the meaning of perfection

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 12:00am

Iwas lying in bed the other night in the little apartment my husband, Peter, and I rent in Mexico, and thinking that things were perfect. Then I wondered what that meant.

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Best gifts to give

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 12:00am

What are the best gifts you can give? Answer: things that have some use.

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Eclipse in our Rearview Mirror

Bonanza!

When the Laws of God and man clash

Lopez talks to Dawson County Voters

All hills go down

Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight

The Blackwood name lives on

Driven to want what others have

What is the meaning of perfection

Best gifts to give

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