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Little luxuries

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I am quick to criticize other people’s luxuries.

No questions asked

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How can anyone not like presidential wanna-be, Kamala Harris? Almost always, she is seen flashing a 100-watt smile, and those dimples make the just-turned 60-year-old an easy-on-the-eyes choice. Add to that, her laughter is a hoot… though it lasts so long and reaches an unnerving pitch. It is as though she has feathers in her shoes. Unless one looks into her political past, she is as pleasant as ice-cold lemonade on a hot day.

On new leadership

Dear Editor,

Bob

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I remember the day Madeline said to me, “I like watching the squirrels scurrying around in my backyard, looking for acorns or stopping to eat one. I wonder what they’re thinking…” the former teacher said with her perfect diction and uplifting voice, as if she were telling the story to a gaggle of fourth graders gathered around her feet.

McCarty responds

Dear Editor,

A little noise

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The men who have been making the terrible noise are still at it.

The News Cycle

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A homicide in Chicago is not an unusual occurrence. A weekend without a homicide in Chicago would be considered wonderfully rare. But, on this particular weekend, when the victim of the shooting was the cousin of a National Basketball Association star, the flurry of rage extended in concentric circles as the media stretched, molded and compacted the story for all to read, hear and see.

Coach punishes cheer team

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Undiscipline is never an accepted mode of behavior - by those in the military, nor among those known in East Texas as “the law,” that as – the police.

She called me by name?

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I saw her from across the room. She made eye contact with me and immediately began walking in my direction. I knew this could play out one of two ways: she could be angry about a story which appeared in the newspaper, and ready to personally slam me against the wall, or she could be heading in my direction simply to bear greetings and good tidings.

Late corn

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The corn was planted late. We knew that at the time. Because their house is located so deep in the woods, my mother has had no luck getting vegetables to grow. When my parents heard there were garden plots available in town, they signed up for one, and have had a garden in town for several years. The rhubarb was already up when they were told there was a garden plot next to theirs that was not being used.