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One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.”
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Today Is my birthday and while it will not be cause for the celebration that Preston Dunlap will have in a couple of weeks when he turns 16, it is still significant, to me, anyway.
Read moreIt’s been six years since I completed my 57 and final year as a teacher and I’ll be honest with you, in many ways I am glad that I am not having to face the classroom (and out of classroom) challenges that teachers are facing in this topsy-turvy year of the COVID and the situations it creates.
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Leftovers from last week’s suggestions for holiday gift giving:
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Here’s a warning all the way from the Big Lake region in Reagan County (West) TX from publisher Randy Mankin who ran into any number of frustrations while shopping for a new vehicle.
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For four years, I was unable to attract a single hummingbird to try the sugary red liquid housed in an (expensive) and delicate special container designed especially for the busy little creatures.
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I spent my first two years of college in Nashville, TN, which I considered as getting my education in “The South.”
But I soon learned that to discover the REAL South, one had to go deeper, like the
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