Planning
Dear Editor:
Because of my care and concern for the citizens of Mason I'm writing to suggest that you carefully consider your options at the death of a loved one.
I would be extremely cautious about trusting your home or other property with anyone other than your adult children.
Carol Chilian
We’re very excited about tomorrow night’s “Spooky Stories for Grownups” program at 6:00 p.m. in the Stribling Room. Carolina Quiroga-Stultz is a professional storyteller performer who earned a Master’s in Storytelling degree. She’s very good and brings stories from other cultures. On Saturday from 11:00-12:00, Shay DeVos will be at the Seaquist House to tell stories to the kids.
Bearly believable
The general deer season is about to begin pretty much all over Texas, so it’s time once again for our annual public service announcement about hunting safety. We offer this annual public service safety announcement every four or five years as a service to the public. The general message is to be safe while hunting, and the basic premise for the announcement is basically that the public is a bunch of boneheads.
It’s sort ’a Fall! One day it is and the next it isn’t! However, that’s what I like about Texas weather. Too, Texas weather is like that of the grocery store. You get used to items being in a certain place and the next week it’s changed up. They do this to get you to buy items that aren’t’ on your list.
Grocery lists are made and then left on the kitchen counter.
Taking a Stand…
The current standing/kneeling/sitting controversy--played out by a sliver of our population but on the minds of most Americans--seems to have no end.
Most of us yearn for bygone days, when allegiance could be paid and reverence shown, if only for the sake of civility and respect, whether or not we were in total lockstep agreement.
Sadly, “agree” in some quarters has become a dirty word.
Here we are in October of 2017 and suddenly, we realize that our extra special HOST for the Halloween tricksters will be missing from the crowd which le loved so much at his Halloween party, not only for the youngsters, but those of us who attended who were to old to trick so we only came along for the treats and his company.
Another great week is in the books. Sometimes I sit down on Sunday evening to write this column and find that I can’t remember what I have done for a week and can’t reflect on the week. This happens when I spend the week in the car taking people to doctor’s appointments and taking grandkids to appointments.
Halloween
Coming soon to a haunted house near you.
Meantime, there’s HALLOWINE.
At Sandstone Cellars Winery.
Saturday, October 28th.
From 6 – 10 pm.
Just east of the Square.
Tuesday, October 31st is actually Halloween.
Can’t believe it’s here already.
Time flies.
Whether on a broomstick or not.
Black comes to mind.
As in black cats.
And witches’ robes.
And pointed black hats.
“A dark cave.
Keeping a Diary...
For over 17 years, I've been keeping a diary. Not one of those leather bound affairs or, like a teenage girl, a petite journal with a lock and key. Instead, my diary is this weekly column. And, unlike many diaries that are never intended to see the full light of day, my thoughts and recollections are shared in print every week.
When I tally the actual number of columns, it now exceeds 900.
#name-changing
Dear Gerry,
The People’s Republic of Austin has replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. The purpose of this #name-changing is to honor the names and cultures of the American Indians present on the continents when Columbus arrived.
Supposedly the American Indians then were peace-loving, at one with the environment, and free of bad social habits.
