On Thursday, April 14th, The American Legion Fort Mason Post 285 will have its regular meeting at 6:30pm, at The American Legion Post Hall, 237 Post Hill [behind the Jail]. All members plus friends, family, and other interested parties are encouraged to attend.
For more information on The American Legion, call Holly Gilmore, 429-6368, or Lawrence Spell, 429-6224.
The bluebonnets are in full bloom and it’s time for the Bluebonnet Choral Festival! This musical event is the result of many months of planning and will culminate in two performances in Mason, free and open to the public, on Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church and Saturday, April 16 at 2 p.m.
Rev. Charles Partin and the congregation of Calvary Lighthouse Assembly of God Church at 716 Wren will have a special speaker this Sunday, April 17 at 11:00 A.M.
Greg Parker of Dubuque, Iowa will be preaching. Greg is the son of the late “Cotton” and Betty Parker of Mason.
We invite you to come and join us for this special service.
You know the old saying:
Don’t Squat With Your Spurs On.
Good advice.
Here’s another version:
Watch Where You Squat.
Because they’re everywhere.
Fire ants.
And are they ever.
On fire, that is.
Anyone who’s personally encountered them knows what I mean.
They move fast as fleas.
And are about the same size.
And the pain they inflict can surpass other bites and stings.
Maybe that’s because they bite you first and then sting.
If you just arrived on Planet Earth, North America, Texas, Maso ...
Our church family was saddened to hear of the passing of our friend, Lynn Sikora, on Friday. The Sikoras live in Connecticut and spent the last few winters in Art. They were in Texas when Lynn became very ill. Services are pending in Connecticut.
Pastor John was resting this week. He is having voice problems and had a busy Easter season.
Mini Meat Loaves
Regretfully, I have been a bit under the weather the last month and have unable to do my editorial but hopefully that’s behind me.
This week’s recipe comes from my “other mother,” Betty Stockbridge that raised me and put up with me for the last 34 years. She has a lot of scrumptious recipes she has shared with me, through the years.
Peace Beyond Understanding...
Only God could create a character like the late Hal Rowe. During his 72-year earthly pilgrimage, his specialty was constantly helping others, always making them smile.
Consider his bungled marriage proposal to Joyce. She accepted--IF he’d place the ring on her OTHER hand. He blamed inexperience, asking, “Do you want to marry a 210-pound football player or a 130-pound poet?” The two would share life’s “thick and thin” journey for a half-century.
Much of ...
Having children doesn’t come with a manual. Nor, does it come with any guaranties! Mostly, you just have to wing it, and hope it comes out okay. Raising children is a cycle learned from one parent to the next parent. I thought at times my parents were “Old fogies!” That they didn’t know what was happening in the world.
One time, up in South Dakota, I got mauled by a grizzly bear. No, wait, that was Hugh Glass. I keep getting that mixed up, since I saw a grizzly bear once, which is pretty close to what happened to Hugh. It’s easy to see how I get the two stories confused.
For some reason no one ever made a movie about me, but there have been at least two movies made about Hugh.
