This column will be about business and Brownwood and Christmas and how we want to live, but it’ll take some fun routes to get there. Some of you may be able to recall these opening lines of

Not too long ago, I wrote an article here entitled “What if I’m Dumb,” and it would be better if you read that one before reading this one. But it’s not mandatory or anything. In that article,

Just consider this a sigh of exasperation. I try not to block or unfollow people on social media because of their political or cultural affiliation. I realize that I have friends and followers who are idiots, all

Man-oh-man I’ve been telling you all what a wonderful year this has been, weather-wise. Once again, we’re in one of those cooler temperature runs, no 100s, where we get rain here and there and the mornings are

You would think this one would be a downer, because it starts that way. But stick with it and we’ll see, ironically, how it goes… One of the things about growing older is that consciously and subconsciously

President Ronald Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt in Washington D.C. on March 30, 1981. I remember very clearly where I was that day. And I remember what America was like, too. On March 30, 1981,

It was a weird, wild year. The President was deeply unpopular, and his own party was in an uproar, so at some point, he was convinced by friends, family, and advisors that he needed to step out

The rain and cooler temperatures have been nice for most of the past week. I always loved the line from the film Oh, Brother, Where Are You? “Sweet summer rain. Like God’s own mercy.” Of course, that

Our morning walks are always pleasant, even when the heat is up the way it is now. We walk just as the light starts to brighten the sky the slightest bit, and usually, there is a breeze,