It’s that time of year again. Here are your 2024 summer assignments.

residents return to clean up their homes and businesses after extensive flooding earlier this month, the Texas Department of State Health Services urged residents and business owners to exercise caution. Among the recommendations:

HANABA MUNN WELCH What’s in your trunk? No spare tire? Either you were desperate for money and sold yours or, more likely, you bought a new car that doesn’t have one. Not even a “donut” spare.

“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn’t know what to do.” –Mother Goose A mother is a mother whether her shoe is filled with one or seven. The nine months alone in the womb count towards heavy labor.

HANABA MUNN WELCH Faucets, swings, goatheads and roadkill Do you have a favorite outdoor water faucet? If it’s one from your childhood, it’s probably imbued with memories of summertime fun. My current favorite is the onethatmostlydoesn’tfreeze in winter.

AUSTIN— Early voting began Monday, April 22 for municipal, school board and various bond elections. It ends on April 30 with Saturday, May 4 being election day. What is on the ballot depends on where you live.

Check Your Mirrors SUE JANE SULLIVAN “I think I am only 57, but the paperwork does not back this up. I don’t feel old because your inside self doesn’t age.

Corndogs and shoestring advertising HANABAMUNN WELCH Get in on the Corn Dog Craze! Sonic marketers emailed me a picture of two glorious corndogs — one with mustard, yum, and one with ketchup. Really? Ketchup on a corndog? But the picture needed the eye-catching red touch.

AUSTIN—Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported. They say there is a 54% chance a hurricane will strike the Texas coast, and a 25% chance it will be major.

“The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error.”— Doris Kearns Goodwin My wayfaring existence, with a great deal of time spent behind the wheel, lends itself to listening to audiobooks.