Punchers
Dear Gerry,
It has been my privilege (along with various other people) to support our Mason Punchers football team by bringing the blow-up tunnel (and flags) to the varsity games since 2011.
Recently the Puncher Club gave me a extremely generous gift card to thank me (and defray some of my expenses).
Another Bad Aim
Kendall Hemphill’s column, “What Changed?” starts well but the ending is another disappointment.
Hemphill knows he is dead wrong when he says guns have not changed. And like me, a fellow gun owner, he knows ammo is deadlier, guns are more powerful, and people are more likely to die of bigger, messier, multiple gunshot wounds today than when he was a little boy.
I hope everyone is noticing our new flagpole and flags flying proudly at the library. The Friends of the Library donated the funds to buy the pole, and the county donated the flags. The county roads and bridges crew installed it for us—thank you all! Also, don’t forget—Saturday Jan Appleby will be holding a free workshop, Creative Card Construction—sponsored by the library.
RIP BSA
Back in the early 1970s, when I was a kid, I was one of the 6.5 million American boys who belonged to the Boy Scouts of America during the heyday of the organization. Actually, I never made Boy Scout. I was the scouting version of Beetle Bailey. He was a perpetual private.
It was more than “Nippy” this morning! However, this is Texas and it will change to warm/hot soon. Facebook, asks me, “What’s on your mind?” Gee, what is on my mind? I try and keep my mind in neutral, so most days I’ve not much to say. My Facebook friends also like to send me recipes of goodies.
That Little Light of His…
For several days, I’ve started off humming a certain tune extracted from memories of Vacation Bible School days. (At times, I have broken into song, but retreated quickly to humming--or sometimes whistling--upon my wife’s mention that a continuance of the off-key noises, however joyful, threatens to ruin her day.)
Mine is a modified version of “This Little Light of Mine.” A more accurate title would be “That Little Light of His.”
Such tiny illumin ...
Tavern Burgers
I recently had a couple of requests to re-run the “ The Mason Puncher Tavern Burger Recipe” I think that with this being the midst of Fall Football season it brings back memories of those of us that couldn’t wait to get to a “Mason Puncher” home football game to have a “Tavern Burger”.
This has been a really great week. Even though we missed the excitement of Puncher Football, and husband John missed his Dallas Cowboys, we had a productive and happy week.
In the continuing saga of the greenhouse, Scott and Crystal came Sunday afternoon and put it back in place on its new foundation.
Singin’ in the rain.
We’re happy again.
In the early morning rain.
And nowhere to go.
Raindrops keep falling on our heads.
Cuz, Baby, the rain must fall.
Nearly 800 songs exist about rain.
Rain changes perspective.
Forget praying for peace in the Middle East.
Pray for rain!
Talk about an attitude adjustment.
That’ll solve everything.
Rain.
We saw it.
We got it.
We live to tell the tale.
Rain actually fell.
And broke the spell.
Thundered too.
Some go ...
Every Person Is the Most Important Person You Know!
When I'm putting out the newspaper on Tuesday, I treat what I'm doing as the most important thing there is to do. Sometimes, that means that I can come across as a bit... short, when people come in and want to chat.
