Courage, bravery or maybe strength
Wed, 09/01/2021 - 12:00am
When my husband first left this earth, people told me I was strong. I recoiled from this label because at the time I felt anything but strong.
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Rank your financial goals
Wed, 09/01/2021 - 12:00am
Like most people, you may have several financial goals. But can you reach them all?
Elections bill passes House
Wed, 09/01/2021 - 12:00am
The Texas House approved an elections bill Friday along party lines with 21 Democrats declining to participate. The bill, slightly different from previously-passed Senate legislation, now heads a conference committee that will negotiate a final version.
Doctors have a word for that
Sun, 08/29/2021 - 12:00am
Most hunters are so gungho, they’ll hunt anything that’ll run from ‘em. Similarly, TV news folks salivate at the prospect of all-out chases to pluck credible opinions on controversial topics.
Farewell to the ‘toonist
Sun, 08/29/2021 - 12:00am
Forty-one years ago this month the Lamesa Press-Reporter printed its fi rst submission from a relatively new cartoonist named Barry McWilliams. Ever since then, McWilliams’ “JP Doodles” drawings have appeared about once a week in this newspaper, providing an insightful view of small-town life either by lifting it up or good-naturedly poking fun at it.
Our matching chairs
Sun, 08/29/2021 - 12:00am
My husband, Peter, and I have matching folding chairs.
Trust – in yourself and your world
Wed, 08/25/2021 - 12:00am
A few weeks ago I started a series on seven words that can possibly help us make sense of –and master – the crazy, unpredictable world we live in.
Gov. Abbott tests negative 4 days after positive test
Wed, 08/25/2021 - 12:00am
Gov. Greg Abbott announced via Twitter Saturday that he is now testing negative for COVID-19, four days after testing positive though asymptomatic.
For a few dollars more
Sun, 08/22/2021 - 12:00am
Stories of gasoline price wars were common in Texas around 1960, when regular gas sold sometimes for 10.9 cents per gallon. Competition for college biology teachers, however, wasn’t all that common.