Sign.
A four-letter word.
But a good one.
A sign can be so many things.
Sign off.
Stop sign.
Sign on the dotted line.
Sign language.
Sign up and join.
The zodiac.
Hey man, like what’s your sign?
If we were learning to speak English we might pronounce it “siggin.”
Or “sigh-gn.”
How we got to “sine” (rhymes with “fine line”) is a mystery to me.
Seeing as how the word comes from the Latin signum.
Maybe signum got silenced as it wandered through Old French.
By the time it re ...
2016 Is Fading Fast,,, Where Are We Going?
As we came into the office this morning, we ripped October off all the calendars in the office and jumped directly into November. It was a bit jarring to realize that we've already made our way through the first ten months of the year, and that we are 61 days from 2017.
I never understood, when I was a child, that adults would constantly focus on how quickly time passes.
Be our Guest! The fourth grade faculty and students at Mason
Elementary would consider it a great pleasure if all of our Mason
County veterans would join us for a luncheon on Friday,
November 11th at the Mason Elementary Library immediately
following the Veteran’s Day Service on the courthouse lawn.
Please come and let us thank you in person for your
extraordinary service to our country!
Nolan Donop’s life has revolved around selfless service to others. Regardless of whether you are a rancher with thousands of acres of land or an individual with a few chickens in their back yard, you are treated like a respected friend. From the moment you meet Nolan, whether you’re a total stranger or a community member whom he has known for a lifetime – you get an overwhelming impression that he truly cares!
We had a spooktacular Halloween with John L. Davis’s vampire presentation and Shay De Vos’s Halloween stories at the Seaquist House, and the hits keep on coming. Next week plan on attending the Friends of the Library’s annual membership meeting. They’ll have the “Biggest Liar in Texas,” author and storyteller Donna Ingham, as their speaker, and she’ll be presenting “Texas Myths, Mysteries, and Legends.” Don’t miss it!
DVDs:
& ...
Pedals to the metal
To be honest, it’s pretty disappointing, but not all that surprising. Poor old Cecil the Lion had his fifteen minutes of fame, but that’s over now. Animal rights activists seem to have forgotten him already. That’s a fickle bunch, those animal rights activists. Bless their hearts.
For a while there you couldn’t hardly sling a cat without hitting an animal rights activist who was all in a dither over poor old Cec ...
Hunting Season! When I was grown up it was always on the sixteenth of November and the school had a holiday on that date. Too, hunters wore red shirts, so other hunters wouldn’t shoot them. However, rules change and life goes on.
I never was into hunting, enjoyed the holiday.
Mason Puncher Tavern Burgers
Mason Puncher Tavern Burgers has always been one of my favorite things about going to the Mason Puncher home football games. This is a long time Mason tradition. I have no idea how far back the tradition goes but I remember eating them when I was around 5 years old.
This was another busy week at Art and surrounding places. The Art United Methodist Church had a very successful cleaning on Saturday. Everyone picked a job and got busy. It looks great. And, this is the great week when Daylight Savings Time ENDS.
Next Sunday at the Art United Methodist Church, our District Superintendent Steve Purdy will preach and will conduct our charge conference.
Headache blue.
As in, the Autumn sky.
That’s what some call it.
Deep as the ocean.
Bluer than blue.
Mold allergy will give you a headache too.
The Green House has a good remedy.
But a blue sky needs no cure.
Only appreciation.
Maybe play hooky.
Take a longer lunch.
Or a short nap.
Wander around.
Dawdle in the suns ...
