LHS is enjoying success, hopeful about the future
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 12:00am
In a normal spring, I would be writing about our successes in academics, sports and the arts, but this is not a normal spring.
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Texas increases efforts to reduce spread of COVID-19
Wed, 05/20/2020 - 12:00am
Testing, sanitizing and emergency food benefits increased as Texas entered its third month of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
A sports book from a backup
Sun, 05/17/2020 - 12:00am
‘No one is an idol to his valet.” Historian/writer Thomas Carlyle so contended two centuries ago.
Day hiking in Guadalupes available during shutdown
Sun, 05/17/2020 - 12:00am
This virus scare has crippled our national park system. Recently some of the eastern parks have opened a little, but the big ones like Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Glacier are still shut, as are Yosemite and Big Bend. The visitor centers of all parks are closed, as are the campgrounds. However, if you do not mind a socially distant walk, other options are available.
Keeping my signature look
Sun, 05/17/2020 - 12:00am
We’re at the stage where everyone is complaining about their hair. I am not complaining. As I have frequently bragged, my husband, Peter, cuts my hair and this has continued while the beauty parlors are closed and everyone is growing increasingly cranky.
Small changes – big changes
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 12:00am
One day she was here and the next she was gone.
Governor, president spotlight pandemic actions, economy
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 12:00am
Texas, along with the rest of the nation and the world, continued to battle the COVID-19 pandemic last week as cases and deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus increased.
I’m ‘tooting’ their horns
Sun, 05/10/2020 - 12:00am
I’ve always been a sucker for the sappy, plot-easily-followed kind of “flick” that ends happily. Take Mr. Holland’s Opus – and others like it – where movie-goers had best take multiple hankies.
Mom’s small containers
Sun, 05/10/2020 - 12:00am
Every Mother’s Day, I have a terrible time finding a card that remotely reflects the relationship I have with my mother.