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There are days I can’t decide if email is a blessing or a curse but there’s no contest when it comes to mail in my inbox from my grandkids. My youngest grandchildren, twin boys who will be 13 this summer have their own email accounts now and one or both will send me commentary about their activities or funny emojis and gifs.
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Memorial Day is just a few days away and I am certain that some of my veteran friends are not looking forward to it. I would consider it to be like a day when part of them died. Heavy is the loss of someone who was very close to you, bound to you. That Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine who was right by your side through thick and thin and is now gone forever can be an oppressive weight on the soul. To survive horrific battles is one thing, but to survive without your teammate is something that veterans carry around with them for the rest of their lives.
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Two descendants of Micajah Byrd, an 1820 Early Texan of Austin’s Old Three Hundred, each received a Daughters of the Republic of Texas Medallion April 5, with a brief ceremony at the Navasota Oakland Cemetery Chapel.
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As East Texas residents return to clean up their homes and businesses after extensive flooding earlier this month, the Texas Department of State Health Services urged residents and business owners to exercise caution. Among the recommendations:
Read moreDear Editor, Agents of change,
There are two agents of change. The first is voting power, and the second is buying power.
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April was a busy month for tornadoes across the United States with 373 recorded, bringing the total for the year to 549, the Austin American-Statesman reported. That is nearly double the average at this point in the year, the National Weather Service says.
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Friends and citizens of Readersville, this story is about another one of the misadventures from my youth. You might recall from a previous article that my family and I lived on a college campus when my dad was teaching there. This was during the mid- 70s and life was good. My big thing after I got home from school was to either go exploring on my bike with some other kids or to spend some time in what I called the “jungle.”
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With a long struggling livelihood, today, the nearing two century school historical site of the Chappell Hill Male and Female Institute and Soule University, features a public-school building now housing the Chappell Hill Historical Society Museum, sponsored by the Chappell Hill Historical Society.
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