Pet ownership not to be taken lightly
People love pets. Let me rephrase that; pets have a welcome place in many households around the country. Approximately 1/3 of all homes in the U.S. have a cat or dog. It is a common response when...
View ArticleColumn business teaches lessons
Some days I make this columnist business look easy. Other days I wonder what I was thinking when I decided writing my thoughts down for a public consumption on a weekly basis would be a good thing to...
View ArticleIma better for Shoemaker’s presence
Last week, the Ima community lost an outstanding member: Hazel Shoemaker. Funeral services were held for her in Clovis, a family meal was held in House at noon, and graveside services were then held...
View ArticleWe all deserve our titles
Last week, several of us in the over-the-hill gang discussed manners, especially the ones we were taught in our childhoods. We recalled the importance our parents and teachers placed on our polite...
View ArticleBible holds answers in challenging time
No doubt Satan probably got a kick out of the headlines in the newspaper in Portales last week. "Prayer ruling upheld" relating to a ban on coach led prayer in City League sports. Hopefully the devil...
View ArticleCop show flaws hard to ignore
My wife is hooked on the alphabet police dramas. What are alphabet police dramas, you ask? CSI (Crime Scene Investigators) and Law and Order SVU (Special Victims Unit) are two examples. She also...
View ArticleFall asserting itself on High Plains
Fall was asserting itself on the High Plains as I drove to Lubbock early in the morning. Dead calm when I left with an obvious frontline painted across the sky to the northeast, it didn't stay that...
View ArticleDigging up cemetery history
You do one story on an old cemetery and before you know it you're labeled as the guy who writes about old cemeteries. That's what I was thinking recently when the phone rang and the lady on the other...
View ArticleThanksgiving time to celebrate past, present, future
As always, when we reach this time of the year, we have much for which to be thankful. Yes, Thanksgiving is a most special holiday and very definitely our own American holiday. We may think more about...
View ArticleSteve: What’s in a city name? Who knows?
Since I was a kid, I seem to have been drawn to places with names that no one seems to understand. Europeans have butchered some of the original Native American names of these places beyond...
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