Mint is a garden favorite

Mint in September has spread into an attractive ground cover while returning culinary uses after harvest. There are many mints – like apple mint, chocolate mint, lemon mint, and peppermint.

Observations on Birthdays

COMMENTARYWhen we’re children, memorable birthdays seem to start at about 6 years old, when we start the first grade.

The 501

COMMENTARYIf you haven’t heard about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the bear cub, you’re behinder than I am.If you’re thinking I invented a new word, so was I. But, except for spellcheck, we’ve all seen that saying “The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.”

Creamy pesto pasta with fresh corn

Pasta in any form is a favorite go-to meal, any day of the week. We bake it, boil it, toss it in salads, and put it in our soups, just to name a few.I look for all shapes and sizes of dried pasta.

Pattern of abuse reported at Texas juvenile facilities

into five state facilities concluded children in custody face excessive force, sexual abuse and a lack of vital services, The Dallas Morning News reported.At a news conference last week, Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s civil rights division, said children held...

12 Best Steakhouses in Texas according to Yelp

Yelp is a website that has pages devoted to businesses, such as restaurants, schools, dentists, bars, beauty salons, doctors, auto repair shops… you name it, and there’s probably a Yelp review for that type of business.

Lard, Crisco, Mrs. Tucker’s, goji berries

MRS. TUCKERFood ain’t what it used to be. Bring back lard.No, I’m not that old. Crisco was all the rage in my childhood. Mother loved Crisco. It looked so clean.One of my children’s books was about a cow getting stuck in a silo door. They greased her with Crisco. Got her out.

Expanded passenger rail again on the table

of federal rail funding and chronic highway congestion are prompting some Texas officials to again consider expanding passenger rail in Texas, according to The Texas Standard.Congress set aside $66 billion three years ago in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for rail projects across the...

Don’s Views...

This has happened to all of us… you go into a store, a restaurant, or business office, and are treated so bad you leave and swear you’ll never go back to that place again.

The 501

The Saturday Evening Post used to arrive at our house every Tuesday — one of my first childhood lessons that life doesn’t always make sense.Now I’ve grown up, but lots of things still don’t make sense. What’s changed is that I can’t ask my parents for answers.