HCCW June meeting

The Hill Country Cattle-Women will be meeting June 17 at the Long Horn Cellars on Lukenbach Rd. Fredericksburg.This will be our last meeting for our fiscal year. We will be honoring the members who served above and beyond the norm.

State Capital Highlights

Abbott has until June 22 to sign or veto billsTexas legislators wrapped up the 89th session last week, passing more than 1,200 bills — 800 of which were sent to Gov. Greg Abbott in the last 10 days of the session, The Dallas Morning News reported.

250+ Texas organizations urge Congress to reject SNAP cuts in letter to Senators Cornyn, Cruz

Last week, Feeding Texas and our network of 20 food banks released a sign-on letter endorsed by over 250 statewide and local organizations across Texas, calling on Congress to reject proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The Richland Springs Report

My beautiful family trip to Greece came to a crashing halt at the airport last Wednesday. Eighteen months ago, I posted all my papers and made note of the fact that it was recommended to have six months remaining on my passport. I got busy and forgot that little fact.

Lenny's Life Lessons

Hello, dearest readers, and no, I am not addressing you as if you are a pair of glasses that improve eyesight. Speaking of such things, I am thinking mom is in need of a telescope these days to improve her eyesight or perhaps smaller feet; she is perhaps the clumsiest person I have ever seen.

Trimming the Rose Bushes

Recently, my wife asked me if I would trim our rose bushes.I found the clippers in the garage. She stacked those cuttings in two neat piles in our backyard, and yes, it was a hot day.We went back into the house to cool off, and in about an hour or so, I went back outside.

Kids talk about God - Father's Day Edition

Why Does The Bible Say, 'Honor Your Father And Mother'?“Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids,” read a sign in Brussels, Belgium.Or, as author Jean Kerr wrote, “The real menace in dealing with a 5-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like one.

Kids Talk About God

Why Do People Not Respect God? “Some people do not respect God because they believe in something else,” says Megan, 11. “They believe in two planets crashing together and creating the Earth. Some people also believe in monkeys creating us.

The Postscript: Dressing Up

My husband, Peter, doesn’t believe me, but I didn’t always dress up.I would dress up for the holidays and for a special occasion, but the definition of “special” was fairly strict. It involved wearing nice shoes perhaps half a dozen times a year.

Is God Dead?

It is a non-negotiable truth that Christians dearly hold the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, sufficient, and final authority in all matters of faith and salvation such that all religious study must begin and end with Holy Scripture.