Opinion

The Donnell brothers had a huge impact on the town of Eliasville by building the Donnell Mill and Dam. Later, the Donnell brothers built a suspension bridge over the river near the mill. Much later, that bridge was replaced by a much larger, more substantial bridge in 1893. Still later, a more modern bridge was constructed at the site. Most of the mill was destroyed by fire from a lightning strike and was rebuilt and burned again in 1927.

Many of us have heard the Latin words, ‘Carpe diem.’ According to dictionary.com the Latin phrase means, “seize the day.” “It is used to encourage someone to make the most of the present rather than dwelling on the future.” However, it falls short in context. The whole quote is, “Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.” According to elitedaily.com “this roughly translates to ‘Seize the day, trusting as little as possible to the future.’”

Back-to-school lists aren’t the same this year.

Gov. Greg Abbott talked last week about why the state is stockpiling personal protective equipment.

“As local school boards make determinations on how and when they choose to open schools, the state is working to help ensure that there will be a strong supply of PPE waiting for them to keep students, teachers and staff safe,” he said.

Texas already has distributed to Texas schools:

59,410,640 masks

567,948 gallons of hand sanitizer

24,017 thermometers

511,294 face shields

We got a new preacher a few weeks ago. For a year, our church family circled the wagons and managed without a regular pastor. As Presbyterians, we do everything “decently and in order,” so we had to form a committee which formed a committee which met with the Presbytery committee to look for a new minister. They sent out questionnaires to our members, to other churches in the area, and to possible candidates around the country.

Wedged in my mind’s recesses are these eight simple words: “If you can make it there, go back.”

They’re easy enough to understand, but application is a whole ‘nuther thing.

These words captioned a cartoon a while back. It was drawn to warn folks relocating to New York City….

Though probably not intended, the cartoon has a serious undertone that may apply to folks from anywhere--cities, towns or rural.

It suggests that grass probably isn’t any greener on their side.

Do you remember when your grass was greenest?...

Demand for energy dropped to historic lows across the United States in April, according to a new report from the Energy Information Administration.

I’m tired of looking at that little eighty-seven-year-old woman running a marathon. I know, it took her three days and a portable defibrillator, but she made it. She looked pretty good, too. If I tried to run a race at my age, considerably younger than eighty-seven, they would have to social distance me in the line-up. Not because of a virus, but the flapping of my skin would probably knock someone over.

They tried ever so hard to make major league baseball’s opening day seem as normal as possible, for the radio listener or TV viewer anyway.

Before we get started, I’m not saying I hate America by my headline. If anything, far from it.