All good things are God’s gift

Keith Miller is a source I frequently read for inspiration. He exuded a wonderful faith in his spiritual books. In A Second Touch, he shared a childhood memory of one of his playmates. According to Keith, his mother “made me play” with hardheaded Henry.

Busyness not a virtue

We had some people over last Sunday night. Old friends that we love a lot. We moved about three weeks ago, and we hit the ground running.

Job market

Workforce Commission has good news about jobs in Texas Texas has more jobs, more people employed, and more people willing and able to work than ever before as growth continued in July.

Rockdale is lucky with our food choices

FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE Last Wednesday morning it was 68 degrees at my house. Most who know me well know that 68 degrees is my cutoff between summer and winter. That’s just how my body reacts. As I do every day, I went outside with my hot tea to sit in my chair.

Participation in process is fundamental

E ach year Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) holds their Groundwater Summit in Caldwell. Last week I had the pleasure of addressing an audience of about 300 people there.

Looking back...

called attention to the half-page display ad concerning the Sixth annual Paramount Week, which was to start the following week. All over the U.S. this demonstration would enlist the support of more than 17,000 theaters. During the week of Sept.

God has g iven us so many blessings

Paul writes to the Christians in Corinth, “I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus, for in him you have been enriched in every way . . .” Mark Tidd of Webster, New York once described a family experience from his college days.

Church is happy place

We have t a lked about this before but happy places matter. I have several happy places. For the most part any place the Blonde is present is a happy place for me. I love to be around the Blonde. The golf course, the tennis courts, even the treadmill has become one of my happy places.

A lesson in plotting land

Aplat is a legal map of property. It’s been required in Texas since the early 1900s for any land division.

Bipartisan immigration reform needed

U.S. immigration policy has been badly broken for more than two decades. Attempts by former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to craft reasonable, sweeping immigration policies stalled, then cratered under the weight of partisan opposition in Congress from the party not in the White House.