Opinion

October is the month where everyone tries to scare me. They plant ghosts and goblins and witches and skeletons in their front yard. And, yes, if you’re into property values, then clutter is indeed a bit scary. Then again, if the goal really is to frighten me, why on earth would you dress these decorations up in funny costumes? I’ve seen skeletons sporting scarecrow garb. Are they trying to scare me or the crows? I’ve seen ghosts donning sunglasses, Goblins rocking Norwegian sweaters, and witches looking less like they’re about to take to the air than they’re about to sweep up.

The road was long and never ending and I wasn’t making much headway. When I topped the small crest, the valley unfolded before me, and my heart jumped. I don’t really know what I was expecting, maybe just hoping answers would be revealed there. But then again, the travel had been long and tedious, and fatigue had set in days ago.

For too long, the American people have dealt with liberal policies destroying their freedoms, safety, and economic security. Republicans have a plan for a new direction for the country and are the best bet to fix the disasters created under the one-party Democrat rule in Washington. In a Republican majority, we will bring forward solutions that secures the border, curbs wasteful spending, supports Main Street America, and puts America’s best interests first. Our plan creates a new future and restores a government that is for the people, by the people.

I make the world’s best lasagna. Actually I don’t, but my kids think I do, and who am I to tell them they’re wrong? Good mother that I am, I let them continue in their delusion that I am somehow a long-lost Italian who makes lasagna that mafia members kill for.

As most of you know this weekend winds up rodeo week in Stephenville, Texas. It’s been fun.

GLEN ROSE — The Prairie Rose Chapter of the Native Plant Society is hosting a public Q&A on Monday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. Karen Richardson, a local landscape architect, leads a discussion concerning “tough plants for tough times” at the Somevell County Citizens Center.