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Like a mailman with a PhD, there are odd fits in the job market. When the economy tanked in 2009 and 2010, I was working a night job in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

When I say I love original art, I mean I love a little paint smeared on a canvas--nothing of particular value, mind you, but the idea of an idea…the representation of something worth remembering.

Surely you have noticed that sun downs are earlier than they were a month ago. Yes, in fact, the longest day of sunlight in Dallas occurred on Sunday, June 20, at 10:32 p.m.

One of my favorite, all-time cartoons has a young mother pleading with her child to sit down in a high chair so she can serve him food.

After five days of salads, tofu and vegetarian lasagna atop polenta, I cut a swath through the airport in Charlotte, N.C., to Big Bad Dan’s Burger Shack where I smiled at a hamburger and French fries before cannibalizing both.

It is a new day in Ennis that was ushered in at Tuesday’s official start of the city’s Chief of Police, Dustin Munn. After a year-long process, City Manager Marty Nelson has arrived at this place for hiring the next Top Cop.

I spend a lot of time writing, and I try to present a balance of optimism and reality. This is becoming more difficult as we are constantly bombarded with so many things we do not understand.

They came in their calico dresses with purses on their arms.

When no one casts a vision, people perish. The oft-quoted passage from Proverbs 29:18 provides great hope for spiritual and leadership direction.

I’m not sure when a house becomes a home, but I don’t think we’re quite there yet. My husband, Peter, and I have moved into the new place. All our stuff is here, but that doesn’t mean we know where anything is.