Warm Spring weather is now with us once again. Some wind, but nothing you couldn’t live with, after all it is March. More and more fruit trees are beginning to bloom, just hope a late Easter freeze won’t come along and kill the fruit. If the weather reports are correct there will be some rain later on this week, which of course we can always use. The Bend community lost one of their oldest and dearest person this past Wednesday when Lola Morris pasted away.

Reading Recommendations: Glow, a novel, Jessica Maria Tuccelli In the autumn of 1941, Amelia J. McGee, a young woman of Cherokee and Scotch-Irish descent, and an outspoken pamphleteer of the NAACP, hastily sends her daughter, Ella, alone on a bus home to Georgia in the middle of the night, a desperate measure that proves calamitous when the child encounters two drifters and is left for dead on the side of the road. Ella awakens in the homestead of Willie Mae Cotton, a Root doctor and a former ...

If you happened to have been driving close to County Road 267 in Northwest San Saba county on Saturday night you may have noticed that the beautiful old school house in Elm Grove glowed from afar as voices were lifted in song, rejoicing. You could almost imagine the old schoolhouse in days gone by, our ancestors singing those same songs as they rejoiced in song and fellowship.

That last wonderful rain we received has brought spring to our land. When I walked under one of the oak trees in the pasture, I heard the sound of hundreds of bees buzzing. In spite of my rather haphazard beekeeping experiences, I love the sound of bees at work. There is still not much grass coming up.

Last time I wrote about modern quilts and was notified by a (usually) regular reader that he did not read that column as it held no interest for him. He advised me to provide some balance this time by writing on a “guy-friendly” topic. So today’s topic is taxidermy, which is not, I know, universally guy-friendly—but it is pretty close! I have lots of taxidermy at my house.

Marcos 15:21-47 Y obligaron a uno que pasaba, Simón de Cirene, padre de Alejandro y de Rufo, que venía del campo, a que le llevase la cruz. Y le llevaron a un lugar llamado Gólgota, que traducido es: Lugar de la Calavera. Y le dieron a beber vino mezclado con mirra; mas él no lo tomó.

Two men might have been left behind if not for one man's gift of encouragement. Paul and John Mark were given the gift of a second chance. We are called to do the same. We are to believe the best about people rather than the worst. Despite their reputations, despite their questionable past performances, we must look at people through the eyes of God and see what He sees. We need to see people as assets, not liabilities. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11: "Do you know that the wicked will not inherit the k ...

He was practicing a skit for a youth group and brought a crown made of thorns. The thorns were two inches or longer and as I looked at them I thought about the pain and humiliation Christ must have suffered on the cross. Some things in life you can't really understand unless you personally experience them.

One of the miracles that Jesus performed while on this earth was one that He did not intend to do. A synagogue official came to Jesus requesting He come because His daughter had just died. Jesus arose and followed this man. As he was going, there were crowds of people following and bumping into one another.

American Sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history—Chris Kyle Red Velvet Cupcake Murder –Joanne Fluke Alex Cross, Run –James Patterson The Sound of Broken Glass—Deborah Crombie The First Prophet—Kay Hooper The Storyteller—Jodi Picoult Night moves—Randy Wayne White

Well hello there people of San Saba! Patches here! It has been quite a time since I have used these old paws to type out a few words to you guys. How in the world have you guys been? I hope the New Year has started out in a grand fashion for everyone and winter hasn’t been too harsh for anyone.

I am writing the column this week from New Orleans. My daughter Suzanne and I drove here to visit Khalid, Callie and of course that precious grandson, Maddox. We have had a great visit seeing the sights and enjoying the rainy days and green landscapes, (not to mention the beautiful architecture and beignets). The results of the 42 tournament are courtesy of Curtis Lee and Marilyn Suber, first place went to Doyle Slaughter and his grandson, Walker Wheeler; second place was won by Bill Harlow an ...

A storm blew in Saturday night with lots of lightening and some wind. The heavy down pour of rain left anywhere from one and four tenths to one and three tenths. It came down hard and fast enough to have some run off putting some water in the tanks. The bad news is there was some frost Monday morning and too early to tell if it got some of the fruit that had started to bloom may have gotten the apricots, as the tree was in full bloom.. Spring Break is in full swing with visitors at the fishing ...

Reading Recommendations: The Real Elizabeth, an Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, Andrew Marr. From The Real Elizabeth - "Queen Elizabeth II is a kind of anti-celebrity, a woman happiest in scarf, old coat, and rubber boots, out with her dogs or horses. She is one of the wealthiest women on the planet but eats frugally, keeps her breakfast cereal in plastic boxes and switches off unnecessary lights as she passes through rooms.

Praise God for the rain. Our gauge is broken, but it looks as if we had at least an inch of rain. That amount tallies with what our neighbors received. There wasn’t much runoff, but as someone put it, “You could hear the land sucking it up as fast as it fell.” Another few inches managed to find their way into my tank, so the deer and cows will have water to drink.