TAKING AIR CONDITIONING FOR GRANTED

Every once and a while, it’s a good idea to look around and see what you take for granted and give thanks.  Today I’m really happy for air conditioning.  Almost every place you go in Texas is cooled:  houses, schools, stores, government buildings, and cars.  Why? ...

OUTWITTING THE TYRANT

Earlier this year a bought a Galaxy, and I love it.  However, I have become annoyed with its “tools for betterment.”  What’s that, you ask?  It’s the personal trainer who has become a tyrant.  The watch can track over thirty-nine types of exercise activities and is...

MORE MOUSECAPADES

Alas, the mice did not get the message after their comrade was flushed down the toilet that our house was a dangerous place to live.  Soon, we began to find more evidence that the rodents were busy invading our space.  I declared war; removing food from the counters...

MOUSECAPADES

I have some real trepidation about telling this story because it’s a bit embarrassing…Well, here goes. I live in the country and have only had one other instance where mice got into the house, and that was some years ago when my husband replaced the floor registers...

ABOLITION IN TEXAS

                                  ABOLITION AND FAYETTE COUNTY Pre-Civil War Fayette County, Texas counted on slave labor to assist with the production of corn, tobacco, wool, and cotton.  The region was home to 3,786 slaves out of a total population of 11,604.  These...

ROBO IMMIGRANT SCAMS

Mandarin-language robocalls are back!  They first appeared in 2018, but now have become a staple on my personal cell phone.  I have a Houston area code, and their sizeable Chinese population is apparently fertile ground for the scam.  According to the FBI, the...
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