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Halloween isn’t the only scary part of October

I know now exactly why they call it a cancer “journey.”The week between Christmas 2024 and New Year’s 2025 I was with family in Dallas when I received a call from the UMC Breast Imaging Center that I needed a follow-up mammogram.

Recuérdame

Shed a Little LightThe last movie theater entertainment my family enjoyed with my mother was in November 2017, a year before she died.Many of us who had gathered for Thanksgiving took her to see “Coco.”The beautifully animated story of Miguel and his family and the celebration of Día de los Muertos...

Felons, veteran’s spouses, fire victims, disabled, border property owners affected by Nov. 4 election outcomes

The 2025 special elections are upon us, and the time has come for you to get familiar with your ballot before voting.

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Books, bicycle, books

The 501Books, books, books.If your collection is oversized and you’re feeling guilty about owning all those tomes, join the book club.I refer not to the book-of the-month club or some equivalent thereof. You’ve been there.

Can it just stay October?

C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMTemperatures are dropping, albeit slower than I would like. My favorite colors are on full display in store fronts, on clothes, as well as on food, leaves and eye shadow.And then there’s baseball.

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Early voting underway for November election

Early voting began Monday across Texas with voters deciding the fate of 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, as well as local races for city and school board, bond measures, and tax proposals.

Hitchhikers, stories, bicycles

COMMENTARYIn a perfect world, all hitchhikers would be harmless. You could give them rides and add one more acquaintance to your list. Me, I like getting to know new people—especially people with good stories.