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Texas has a lot going for it. One of the things -- there is a lot of wealth and pride residing south of the Red River and the growth of North Texas continues unchecked. I remember back in the 1950s when I lived in a Dallas suburb and worked for a company called Chance Vaught, building jet airplanes. Each morning the routine was to check in then stand at attention while someone played a scratchy version of our National Anthem on the loudspeakers followed by the song “The Eyes of Texas.” Me? I was pretty finished when the National Anthem was. Ready to get to work. But the Texans there just stood there. Their hands over their hearts with perhaps a little tear in their eye. Then and only then were they ready for work time.
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A couple of weeks ago I shared an article that those of us 74 and over are now considered “old.” That was the bad news. However there is a newer article out from Japan that now says that those of us under 75 qualify as “pre-old”. I now feel so much younger. The article read as follows . . .
Read moreYou know, after a man retires he has more time to think. To think and perchance to dream. So said the old Bard. I saw in the Daily Oklahoman this past week that experts who do the “Farmers Old Almanac” are, again, predicting a harsh winter for Oklahoma and Texas. Sort of like last year, I wondered. It reminded me of ten winters back as I sat safely in my den dreaming of warm weather, my boat and camping. And by now I had retired and could play, fish, swim and run around as I pleased. The most wonderful part of my life had arrived, and my daydreams were indeed full of ideas about boats, fishing, and vacations those cold days. Life was good.
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Many years ago, Dayna and I would enjoy going out for supper and then going to a movie. After a few years we just went out for supper because we didn’t want to stay up late enough to see a movie. A few more years and it changed to dinner, usually after church because we didn’t want to stay out when it started getting dark.
Read moreAll the way from Wetumka, her friend Ida Nicks came to pay a visit to Betty Finney
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There has been no public funeral, but almost everyone is aware that Common Sense in the country is dead. We received the following obituary….
Read moreCovid perils are still holding forth. But just not so bad now as perhaps a week or two ago. And will it reload and again assert itself as the big news story of our time and be the killer it has been. I hope not. This Covid has terrorized the world long enough. Well, long enough for me. One doctor amazed at the denial among the anti-vaxxers reports that many of these deniers who have already been smacked down by this dreaded virus insist to the death (theirs) that they don’t have Covid. Such is the strength of the organizers of resistance to this happening. It’s very sad. But the denial is as real as the virus itself.
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I saw my good friend Danny McDougal this past week and had a great visit. He is one of the most brilliant people I know. The reason I know this is because Danny and I agree on almost every political issue. Our friendship began over half a century ago when he became my banker…. even loaned me some money. I am not sure I ever paid it back but he has either forgotten about it or given up on me.
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