Happy New Year from Milano!

Happy New Year! I pray that your year is blessed and filled with joy. I am taking a bucket list trip to New York City for the New Year. I hope all of you get to check something off your list this year.

Looking back...

100 YEARS AGO Rockdale is to have a Community Christmas Tree again this year. The ladies of the Parent-Teacher Association are responsible for the movement, and the assistance of various civic bodies has been enlisted.

LOOKING BACK

100 YEARS AGO The game of football between the Boy Scouts of Rockdale and Cameron, played at Fair Park Friday afternoon, deserved a better attendance than it received. Those football fans who failed to go because they didn’t believe they would see much, missed a genuine football game.

Milano Xmas parade set for Dec. 13th

The Milano Christmas Parade will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 13. This is always a fun event for the entire community. CAROLING— If you are interested in Christmas caroling around Milano, please email and let me know as soon as possible at fsimpson422@ gmail.com. All ages and abilities are welcome.

A Christmas dinner

We only had Rockdalians for Thanksgiving plus niece Kennedy and her boyfriend Derek and that's all we'll have for Christmas too since Ken and Christine will be out of town, so I've tentatively decided we are having ribeyes for Christmas.

ORGANIZATIONS

The American Legion Post 358 meets the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Legion Hall. New members are welcome. For more information call Rod at 512-429-- 3458.

A side and two easy desserts

My sister, Kathy, used to love green bean casserole and she always made it and brought it to Thanksgiving along with the mashed potatoes. I honestly don’t think we have had it since she died eight years ago.

Happy early new year

Imight like New Year’s Day as much as any holiday. A day off is always nice plus having time to hang out on the big brown couch and reflect on the year that has just passed always blesses my socks off.

Powerful inconvenience of God

The late Walter A. Brueggemann was an American Christian scholar and theologian who is still widely considered an extremely influential Old Testament scholar.

LOOKING BACK

40 YEARS AGO… Jim Currey, local realtor, invested $6,800 and realized a near-$15,000 return and the Rockdale EMS grossed $39,385 and cleared more than $20,000 in a fundraiser extravaganza Friday.