Chris Langer
Haiku poems for this week: Library card my passport to faraway lands Dust blankets the well-worn book cover chance for rediscovery .
July 2022
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Supreme Court’s abortion ruling sets off new court fights
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina said a law sharply restricting the procedure would take effect there immediately as the battle over whether women may end pregnancies shifted from the nation’s highest court to courthouses around the country.
Life Care Planning
Tania turns 65 on August 1, 2022. Her husband, Guy, is six months younger, turning 65 on January 21, 2023. Due to recent changes in the law, the rules for signing up for Medicare that apply to Tania will be different for Guy. Here’s how.
Texas hay season looks bleak
The 2022 Texas hay production outlook appears in doubt due to high fertilizer prices and widespread drought, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Joe Paschal, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension livestock specialist, Corpus Christi, and Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension forage specialist, Overton, said dry weather, high temperatures and reduced inputs like fertilizer have inhibited warm-season grass production across much of Texas.
Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island Thursday, potentially easing the threat to the vital Ukrainian port city of Odesa, but kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.