Let Me Count the Ways…

In 1845, poetess Elizabeth Barrett tried to count the ways she loved Robert Browning, her suitor and eventual husband. Her heralded message came through with clarity in her poem, “How Do I Love Thee?

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Gunman walked into school building unopposed The gunman who killed 21 people inside a Uvalde elementary school walked into the unlocked building unopposed, the Department of Public Safety said in a revised statement, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman and other media sources.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To my patrons, I would like to take a moment for my patrons whom I cherish dearly. This library has been my second home since I moved to Littlefield. I have had so many good memories at the library.

And Then They Shook Hands…

It’s an expression rarely heard these days, perhaps because there are so many lenses through which life-in-a-hurry can be viewed. When’s the last time you heard, “I saw it with my own eyes”?

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Wildfires continue across state Firefighters are looking to the skies for much-needed rain this week as crews continue battling wildfires across the state. Fires reported Sunday by the Texas A&M Forest Service were being fought in Brown, Taylor, Wilbarger, Llano, Schleicher and San Saba counties.

When Fun-Poking Gets Serious

The memory is lodged in my brain’s recesses, as closely as mistletoe clings to mesquite trees. Our parents—neither with educational opportunities beyond high school—provided commonsense counsel for my brother and me.

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Early runoff voting ends Friday Early voting in the May 24 primary runoff elections ends Friday, May 20. Under state law, voters who cast ballots in either party’s primary election must vote only in the same party’s runoff election.

Mort and Prayers for Rain…

My old Uncle Mort is nothing if not analytical, even when he’s not even looking for ways to make easy bucks. He called recently to provide his analysis of members of the Thicket Community Church whose pastor called for a special mid-week prayer session appealing for rain.

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Voters back property tax amendments Texas voters overwhelmingly approved two proposed amendments on Saturday that will provide property tax relief to homeowners.

A Kingdom for a Horse…

In all the years I’ve known my aged Uncle Mort, he has made few observations about horses, if any at all. For the past few days, he has spoken of little else, what with the news that the City of Dallas hardly knows what to do with one of its storied landmarks.