Donor Alert: A Sliver of Liver...

I have never read columns as entertaining as those penned by the late Erma Bombeck, who survived by cancer surgery, only to be claimed by kidney disease at age 69.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Public access to Legislature up in the air When the Texas Legislature convenes Jan. 12, a key question is how the public will have access to their lawmakers during the pandemic. State Rep.

Special Grandmothers.. .

Recent conversations—okay, maybe just banter—have me thinking heavily about grandmothers. Those who’ve had the nurturing of two are doubly blessed. (I knew just one, since the flu epidemic in the 1920s took one away several years prior to my birth.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Supreme Court rejects Texas AG’s lawsuit The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the results of the presidential election.

Commissioners to meet Monday

Lamb County Commissioners will conduct a business meeting at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14 2020 in the Lamb County Courthouse, where they will consider six items on their agenda. That also includes the six consent agenda items, to make the agenda 11 items for their consideration. 1.

Footwear Frustrations . . .

The subject of footwear has hit me dead center in recent days. Following are details of unlikely happenings last week. Remembrances are hand-on-the-Bible truths to which I am sticking.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Texas to get 1.4 million COVID vaccine doses Texas is ready to distribute 1.4 million doses as soon as the COVID-19 vaccine receives federal government approval. Gov. Greg Abbott said the vaccines should be arriving the week of Dec. 14 and would be distributed to qualifying providers.

God Comes in Christ!...

This is Advent, the season in which we prepare for the coming of Christ in Christmas - a season of 12 days that begins on what we call Christmas Eve sundown on Christmas Eve is the beginning of Christmas Day. Why does the birth of Jesus matter? Jesus birth matters because of Jesus’ identity.

Stew Gets No Better.. .

Uncle Mort’s “throwaway” lines grow mountainous in trash heaps on his place back in the thicket. Some heard, though, are “keepers,” worthy of repeated consideration.

Keep Prespertive...

Quite a month is ahead of us. Eschatology, the doctrine of last things, is the focus. Next Sunday, All Saints Day, we recall those who have died in the Lord. We reflect upon how to live is Christ and to die is gain. We leave this world to go to be with the Lord.