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Ham an Easter tradition

Ham an Easter tradition

Ham an Easter tradition

Angelina L
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Body Sitting down at the table for a holiday meal is typically a large part of the Easter festivities. It is, by tradition, to help celebrate the end of the Lenten season, and that Christ has risen.Commonly, the star on the dinner table is a baked ham.
Mice, rats, foxes, screwworms, aliens

Mice, rats, foxes, screwworms, aliens

Mice, rats, foxes, screwworms, aliens

Hanaba Munn Welch
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Body When it comes to mice, how about those sticky mousetraps? If nothing else, they’re sticky. Very sticky.If you’re into catch and release, they work, so I’ve heard. But the thought of detaching a live mouse from a sticky trap brings all sorts of questions to my mind.
Raised beds for the garden

Raised beds for the garden

Raised beds for the garden

Ellen Peffley
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Body The gardening itch pent up all winter comes unshackled in April, and it’s time to get started in the garden. Gardeners ready to change up their approach and do something that varies from ordinary row plots might find raised beds are a solution.
Sharing your story

Sharing your story

Sharing your story

Sue Jane Sullivan
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Body My daughters gave me a storytelling program as a gift for my recent birthday. It’s set up so that once a week I receive a writing prompt from questions they have created for me to answer.
Texas poised to lead nation in data centers

Texas poised to lead nation in data centers

Texas poised to lead nation in data centers

Texas Press Association
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Body AUSTIN— Texas is poised to lead the nation by 2030 in the number of data centers, the Austin American-Statesman reported, surpassing Virginia. The state currently has 6.5 gigawatts of data center capacity under construction, accounting for 20% of the capacity added to the U.S.
Tumbleweeds get around

Tumbleweeds get around

Tumbleweeds get around

Hanaba Munn Welch
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Body Could a tumbleweed by any other name be an icon of the American West?Probably not. Especially since the other name is Russian thistle.Either way, we’re stuck with the ubiquitous born-toroll plants — green and growing or dead and blowing between fences.
LITTLE NESTS have become an Easter tradition, almost as iconic as coloring hardboiled eggs. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

LITTLE NESTS have become an Easter tradition, almost as iconic as coloring hardboiled eggs. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

Pretzel sticks and jelly beans make sweet-andsavory Easter treats

Angelina L
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Body Easter Sunday is a day to celebrate with sweet confections. And kids will have as much fun making Easter Egg Nests as they do coloring eggs.Classic bird nests made with crunchy chow-mein noodles make the perfect vessel for little malted robin eggs or colorful jellybeans.
Tips for pruning roses

Tips for pruning roses

Tips for pruning roses

Ellen Peffley
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Body West Texas spring weather is unpredictable. This spring season is almost a month ahead of schedule in a normal year, which presents a challenge when planning routine gardening tasks like pruning roses. Roses are usually among the last of the landscape plants to be pruned.
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