Half a century

Shed a Little LightOne of my newspaper assignments this year has been Texas high school basketball, specifically two small schools in neighboring counties.I found myself this week on the campus of Abilene Christian University, where my parents met and fell in love.

Texans urged to heed travel warnings about Mexico

AUSTIN— Texans planning to travel to Mexico or currently visiting there are urged to closely follow warnings from the U.S. Department of State, which advises U.S. citizens to not travel to the states of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas.

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COMMENTARYRemember those Carnation advertisements featuring contented cows?If not, here’s the gist: Carnation milk, evaporated though it was, supposedly came from the world’s most contented cows.As a child I found those ads credible.

Spring gardening is in the air

CUISINE & CULTUREGardeners can feel it. Spring is in the air. Daylight is lengthening, temperatures are warmer, and spring bulbs are popping up. But when is the actual first day of spring?

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C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COM“You can’t predict with certainty what jobs the world will need in ten years—and you certainly can’t find one and freeze it in place.

Early voting ends Feb. 27

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATIONAUSTIN— Early voting in the March 3 primary ends on Friday, Feb. 27/ Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that Texas has 18.7 million registered voters for the primary.“Nearly 19 million Texans are registered to vote, and my office and election officials across the...

Golden potato stacks

I’ve written about my love of little muffin-tin meals. And when I was blessed to have an opportunity to babysit my grandsons recently, I just had to try out some of my favorites. The first day, I made mini mac and cheese pies.

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Too much informationRemember the Age of Enlightenment? It was way back there, starting in the 1600s and ending the following century when it gave way to Romanticism, presumably because everybody had gotten bored with being enlightened.Now we live in the Information Age.