That said, I wanted to alert you to the fact that a revised Monsanto Protection Act bill sponsored by Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo, would not only prevent states from enacting their own GMO labeling laws, but it would go even further by nullifying all existing restrictions on GMO crops already on the books. This bill …
Drama camp at the Winnsboro Center for the Arts wound down with two performances of our show. We had SRO for both performances and everyone had a grand time. George Gagliardi, the singer/songwriter who helped the kids with the music, got into the pirate spirit. If you regularly read my blog, you know that I …
I hope you enjoy another guest post from Slim Randles. He has quite a way with humor and can even wax eloquently at times. Essays like this, as well as his humor can be found in his book, Home Country, which is a a collection of his weekly syndicated column of the same name. Slim …
It’s still close enough to July Fourth that we can contemplate a bit of what the holiday means. Thanks to Slim Randles for this thoughtful essay about parades, flags and Independence Day. I am busy with the summer drama camp, so I’m glad that Slim is here as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. I might let him …
All the flap about the Confederate Flag and other symbols of the time in our history that condoned slavery, makes me wonder just how far are we going to go to the extreme in dodging sensitivity. That era was not one of our more honorable ones. Neither was the time that we pushed the Native …
The next few weeks are going to be incredibly busy for me as I prepare for my big birthday bash this coming weekend. Yes, “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, born on the Fourth of July. I’m a real like nephew of my Uncle Sam….” Oh dear, sometimes I get carried away, but do check out …
Every Monday I have the song “Monday, Monday” by the Mamas and the Papas playing through my mind. Perhaps because there is an excitement about starting a brand new week. Do you eagerly look forward to Monday’s? While most of the song is about the sadness of waking up Monday Morning alone, the first two …
How was your weekend? Mine was quiet on Sunday, but Saturday was busy at the Winnsboro Center for the Arts. First I had my guitar student in the morning. It is so neat to see how she is progressing, but like many beginning guitar students she get bored at the repetition of practicing chord changes. …
According to a couple of articles I read in The Dallas Morning News this week, we have been approaching the problem of obesity the wrong way, especially here in the U.S. The dramatic rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes in children and adults has most recently been tied to our sedentary lifestyle. So the …
With the passing of time, the urgency we all felt that awful September day seems to have waned somewhat. Now we are more focused on the inconveniences of air travel that event spawned than on what we as a nation and a people experienced in the first weeks and months following the terrorist attacks. …
