By David Bachelor, PhD April 8th, 2024 was a Monday which is the day of the week named for the moon. On that particular moon’s day, Earth’s satellite asserted herself and blocked out the Sun for a narrow band of communities across the United States. Judging by the headlines, the question on everyone’s minds the…

By Brenda Prestage Photographer and Huajilla Chapter of Texas Retired Teachers Association member Charles Carlson offered smart phone photography tips as the guest speaker at the TRTA meeting on March 25 in Concan. The meeting, held at Neal’s Restaurant in Concan with 45 members and guests in attendance, was called to order at 10:05 a.m.…

I’m not sure you’ll want to call this a recipe, as much as a dinner solution. But sometimes we just need those easy meals at the end of a long day when we’re tired and we’re starving, and it’s easy meal options or never even convincing yourself to leave the couch. DIY Nugget Sliders Ingredients:…

By David Bachelor, PhD An event is coming next week that experts predicted decades ago. Communities in its path had their hotel rooms booked solid since last year. With such a lack of novelty, and the demonstration that mankind understands the motions of the heavens, next Monday’s total eclipse does not really satisfy Webster’s first…

SQUIRRELING ALONG I’m still a young squirrel. But I’m old enough, it seems, to be able to say, “I remember when…”. I really do remember, and can’t imagine how much more complicated it is for those that are older than myself. I remember when a catalog would come to the house, we could circle what…