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A good portion of my past weekend was spent getting high. Now, calm down I say to all ye social media pundits before you go demanding that I give up my well-paid position here at the Navasota Examiner for using illicit drugs. No, I was not high as in stoned or drunk. I was, in fact, high up in the air on my roof.
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I’ve been in the mood for change lately. When I told this to my gentleman friend, he said, “Uh oh.” I told him he was safe but I do have this urge to change everything else in my life - from my writing to volunteer activities to furniture.
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I started writing when I was about four years old. It wasn’t a major work, by any means – only a few sentences, but my mom framed it and kept it for many years. I’m sure she still has it somewhere. I could read at age 4 also, which made school really easy for me. In first grade I was in a friendly competition with one of my classmates to read every book in the classroom.
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I love that we have specialty coffee at our fingertips here in Navasota but for almost two years I’ve been on a quest to brew the perfect cup in my own kitchen. Until about 8-9 years ago, I didn’t pay much attention to how I made coffee. I just poured the water in, added a few scoops of Folger’s and my husband and I drank what came out.
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Grimes County is a unique place with several communities that make it a special place. The Examiner provides a platform for those communities, but we need your help. Many newspapers don’t publish community columnists, but we at The Examiner know how important communities are to Grimes County.
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Last week while having lunch in College Station with my gentleman friend, I couldn’t stop thinking about the news footage of college students waving signs thanking President Biden for canceling their student loan debt. Once upon a time, someone referred to college students as “the best and the brightest.”
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The holiday season is quickly approaching and with that comes a significant amount of cooking among family members. Although I am far from a gourmet, food for me (along with many others, I am sure) is one of the more memorable parts of the holiday season.
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Dear readers, you may not agree with me on this one, but SPAM – in my opinion is one of the greatest food inventions ever produced. From my point of view, you either love SPAM or you hate it. And even if you hate it, keep reading anyway – you just might learn something.
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