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Once upon a time, there was a dog named Bette. She came to us as an adorable bundle of blonde fur—abandoned at the dump by despicable people who will someday burn in hell.

All the news that is fit to print is considered the seven most famous words in journalism. In 1897 the owner of The New York Times, Adolph S. Ochs, used

We have successfully navigated through Halloween and Veterans Day. We have somewhat successfully endured the first couple of touches of winter. I found out during this week’s cold snap that

There are all kinds of people at my health club who use canes and walkers and crutches to get around; all kinds of people who wear braces and slings. Many

There are times when Life moves along at a pretty predictable pace--so much so that you get rocked into some sort of complacency about the goodness which surrounds you. When

Few people like negative surprises, save for those with a hankering for the sadistic in scary movies. In daily life we do all we can to avoid the unexpected. In

Don’t you hate October through February in Texas? Sure, it’s not hundreds of degrees outside with no wind, but seriously, relatively warm in the morning with temperatures falling to the

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This month the Memories page will be devoted to readers’ favorite stories on local veterans’ history. There was no military officer in sparkling uniform to step from a

“Do you have grandchildren?” I asked with a kind and lilting voice, after being introduced to my newest cousin (by marriage) when we gathered in Alabama for Thanksgiving. She and

My mother turned 81 on the day before Halloween. My brother and I took Mom to dinner last Saturday at a Mexican food restaurant in Burleson that had pretty good