“Tex, you are looking at a new record holder.”
“Oh, what’s that Ron? Most putts of any golfer in the last tourament?”
“Well, that, yes. But I’m talking about something else. Today I broke my own personal reord for most days lived.”
“And how many days is that?”
“Can you keep a secret?”
“Yes.”
“So can I.”
Laughing, Tex said, “Okay, but I can guess there are enough of those days that instead of Ronald, I can start calling you Ron Old Birk.”
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We are so thankful for the beautiful fall weather. It is time to put my plants in the green house and clean the garden. However, after a fall Friday evening, I am hobbling around and not accomplishing anything. It will be better next week.
A workday is scheduled for the grounds at the Art Methodist Church on Saturday, October 23, from 9:00 to 12:00.
The temps are starting to drop; the smell of wood smoke is in the air. Temps are more chilly than warm. That's when veteran homeowners know it's time to do these six things if they want to avoid grief or overspending.
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Whisper to them. Do a rain dance. Whatever it takes to get your old appliances to wait until fall to go on the fritz.
For those of you who have a life, and can’t keep up with the hourly advances the woke left keeps coming up with to control what you’re allowed to do and say, I’ve got your six. The newest no-no, according to wealthy fruit loop actress Demi Lovato, is that it’s derogatory to use the term ‘alien.’
No doubt you’re thinking the left had already denounced that word as insensitive and offensive, and that’s true.
On October 12, the Mason Lions Club met at Nacho’s for their weekly meeting.
Lion Bruce Lehmberg introduced Ealy Stanley Watson and Kaycee Ingleby, niece of Mr. Watson, as his guests and also as our guest speakers.
Kaycee and Ealy spoke about their two local radio stations, KHLB, 102.5 and KZZM, 101.7, which they bought about a year ago.
Adults of a certain age likely remember a childhood filled with fireflies. Called lightning bugs by some, especially in the eastern United States, fireflies are neither flies nor true bugs, but rather a family of beetles. In any case, on warm summer nights, many of us filled jars with fireflies collected from around our houses, and marveled at their flashing lights.
The Friends of the Library Book and Bake Sale is set for October 28, 29, and 30 from 9:00 to 4:00. We had so many books donated over the last two years that we do not have room for all of them at the library. Instead, the sale will be held at the Mason Community Building by the Puncherdome.
I nearly always limit my columns to discussions specifically about the Hill Country, but I thought a few observations about the larger area would be of interest.
Those of us who think mainly about the history of our area tend to think about what the Hill Country was like before and after people of European ancestry moved here.
Sheila came across this recipe while cruising the internet, and she thought it sounded perfect for The Practical Baker. Simple, straight-forward, and fast. I tried it, and the resulting rolls were an absolute delight that will become a regular guest at our dinner table. I think you'll like them, too.
Ingredients:
1 cup water
2 tablespoons melted butter
½ cup milk
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
3 ½ to 4 cups all-purpose flour
Extra melted ...
I am a long time journal keeper. These pages have been a place to record intimate introspective reflections. Here are a couple of those entries.
March 30, 1977
Two sounds have very special meaning to me. One is the cooing of a mourning dove. The other is the droning engines of a large propellor-driven plane high in the sky.
