Ansell: It’s not OK that we sin, it’s just not the end
I’m writing this on Thursday of last week. My day is winding down, the Blonde picked up a pizza, which is something we never do.
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From the Mayor's Desk
The past weekend is undoubtedly one of the worst in the history of our great state. As I sit and watch videos and read the stories about the flooding in Kerr County, my emotions stir with sadness.
Green: The dentist
A couple of weeks ago, my husband went to the dentist. He is much braver than I am. There are few things that cause me more anxiety than the thought of someone sticking a drill in my mouth.
Ansell: The freedom of God
British writer and lay theologian C.S. Lewis said, “It would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.
Perez: The most American month
Germany is efficient. France is flirtatious.
From the Mayor's Desk
Do you have a special memory of a past Independence Day celebration?
Ansell: Doing just enough
There’s an old story and it’s not in the Bible but it makes a great point. Let me share it with you.
Green: Live like an ostrich
I know I write for a newspaper, but I prefer my news consumption to be of the ostrich variety: head in the sand, happily focused on my own little world, ignoring the dangers and difficulties around me. Except, that’s not exactly true, either.
Perez: Gone fishin’
He began with frogging. Then jigging. By noon, he said, he’d be hula popping. I kept nodding, as though these were natural things for a man to say while I was drinking my first cup of coffee. Or ever.
Perez: The thinking cap
Generally, I go ‘round without a hat. A hat squeezes the head, itches the scalp. Plus, I like my hair. But we live in interesting, challenging, new times. We must rise to the occasion. Sometimes, to meet the moment, a man needs a hat.