Cold weather activities
Sat, 01/04/2025 - 12:00am
I just talked to an old friend who told me it is very cold in his town. He wonders what he can do for fun in icy conditions.
Perspectives
Learning from mistakes?
Sat, 01/04/2025 - 12:00am
Well, we’ve closed out the books on another year with the baby boomer herd continuing to thin. We have a new president soon taking over and promising to solve all our problems on day one and I’ve got one he could help me with: how to fold up properly a prefolded bedsheet.
Late President Jimmy Carter remembered as a maverick
Sat, 01/04/2025 - 12:00am
Reflecting on 1977 when President Jimmy Carter was elected, I realize that I didn’t follow politics closely in those days.
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Sat, 01/04/2025 - 12:00am
Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles.
Texans settled their differences with duels
Wed, 01/01/2025 - 12:00am
Mortally wounded in a Christmas Eve duel at Gonza-les, Virginian Reuben Ross survived the Battle of San Jacinto only to die on Christmas Day 1839.
