The Bend News

No big change in the weather, just windy and warm. No big chance of any rain for this week. Again another week of no news. Everyone is trying to stay home and if they have to go out to wear a mask. They have reported that you can bring the virus into your home on the bottom of your shoes.

Happy Herman's Hideaway

Hello there my San Saba heart and souls! As it happens, I write this column on a Monday, and that would mean I wrote this one on April 27th which happened to be my 4th birthday. Hold down the applause please, I need silence when I write.

The Postscript

Joe’s red truck is parked behind his house. It hasn’t moved in days. Joe gets in his red truck every morning and drives around. He’s a member of every fraternal organization, a regular at the brewpub, and has friends in every corner of town.

Hang Your Hat With Rotary

Part III – continuation of at article regarding Bob Quinn, PhD, by Bryan Smith as published in The Rotarian magazine on 02/19/2020: Grain by Grain is devoted to debunking that myth.

Hill Country Naturalist

Regular readers of this column know that I generally only write about topics related to the Hill Country or Edwards Plateau, both because this is the area I know best and because it is the area I love the most.

We need to get through this time and tighten our belts. . .

We need to get through this time and tighten our belts, just as we have through two World Wars, terrorist attacks and other epidemics. Newspapers in the United States have traveled rough seas to the First Amendment freedoms we enjoy today.

Letter to the Editor

Dear San Saba County, Due to the ongoing issues with COVID-19, I have received this email from our coordinator with the Baylor Scott & White Blood Center: "Good afternoon – I hope this email finds you well and healthy.

The Idle American

It is a good thing that we have memories to sort through while we shelter in place. Grammarians or not, we’re given to making the present tense, and the past, perfect. As we take stock of what used to be--while greatly shaken by “what is”--we think back on happenings faced hurriedly the first time.

Doug's Doorstep

Hungry? Thirsty? There is hardly any desire we have more than that of being thirsty when we have been working and we have not taken the time to get a drink. Or when we have gone for a good while without eating anything.

Dead Batteries

Pastor Sam Crosby First Baptist Church, San Saba The grandkids took turns driving the golf cart. The older ones had driven before and made me a little nervous. The younger ones had not driven much and made me really nervous.