Commentary

Bret’s eclipse party

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Bret Cali has the general store at Bend, a small place near the Colorado River south of San Saba. It has beer and music and the flavor of Luckenbach.

CRITICAL THINKING...

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Officials at Rotan ISD set a respectfully high bar earlier this week, as they are the first entity or organization that voluntarily opened themselves to largescale public criticism. It takes courage to engage in internal reflection.

2 Cents Worth

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Good morning this beautiful morning in Aspermont, Texas, my favorite time of the year, the flowers are beginning to bloom everywhere, we have had showers of rain, God is good!!!!!! We had a bunch of ladies singing at the nursing home Tuesday , thank you for all to come help us, the residents love us. It was good to see do many of them enjoying the singing and good many of them helped us sing. I always get such a joy out of those you say, 'I don't need a book, and they sing with us from memory of the good old gospel songs they grew up with. Joe has been mowing again this week. I told him I think he is enjoying his zero turn lawn mower so much he just loves to mow!!!!!

Letters to the Editor Policy

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The Double Mountain Chronicle welcomes Letters to the Editor for possible publication in the newspaper. A Letter to the Editor must be original, signed by the writer, and include the address and phone number of the writer. Only the name of the writer and the city will be published with the letter. The phone number and address are necessary for verification and clarification of the content of the letter.

This country needs another resurrection

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Palm Sunday Bible class at East Side Church of Christ meant we were going to get use rubber cement. That liquid adhesive smelled so good, slathering it onto the brush was in itself a religious experience. My fellow little Christians-in-the-making and I liberally applied the glue on the construction paper. The end result was a scene of cutout Jesus, the donkey, and the blades of green grass, our “palm leaves” to show God’s son making his triumphant way into Jerusalem.

It All Turns on Friendship

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Community does not work without friendship. If you’ve read my work for any length of time, you know I feel strongly about the concept of loving one’s neighbor.

Faces & Places

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“I may never be happy, but tonight I am content. Nothing more than an empty house, the warm hazy weariness from a day spent setting strawberry runners in the sun, a glass of cool sweet milk, and a shallow dish of blueberries bathed in cream. When one is so tired at the end of a day one must sleep, and at the next dawn there are more strawberry runners to set, and so one goes on living, near the earth.

Hill Country blues

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Spring officially makes its entry this week, but the Texas wildflower scene is way ahead of the game this year. If you get the chance in the next three weeks, hit the highways and be prepared for quite the show that bluebonnets have in store for you.

Independence and Individualism

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Words matter. In an age of internet-based conversation, we communicate for speed more than deliberative language. We have the aid of tools like texting shorthand, autocorrect, predictive text, and voice-based typing. It is not conducive to pondering over individual word choice (something that absolutely happens when you write a handwritten letter) and we are worse off

Old Glory News

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Boy, did it get cold again and I think we had a light frost. The days have been nice so far, we need a good rain here like Abilene had. They sure had a lot of water running down the streets this past week. The wheat is going to need a good rain one more time. I was so thankful for the little shower we got, always glad to get any amount.