If we don’t get what we want, or something does not turn out the way we want it to we look for someone or something to blame. The definition of blame is: assign responsibility for a fault or wrong.

One day I may need people to care for me, and a friend suggested I prepare useful instructions, in case I’m not able to tell them what I like, hate, want, enjoy. Minor things make a difference in whether I am comfortable, irritated, serene, or cranky, so I’ve penned this letter to my future helpers.

“Big D,” a popular fixture on the front page of the Dallas Morning News for nearly a quarter of a century, appeared in print for the last time on Nov. 13, 1975.

The day I not only worked like a mule but also like a gopher! Not too long ago, I watched an old movie on TV called “The Great Escape.” It was during World War II where the POW’s dug a long tunnel in order to escape from the German POW camp. It made me recall a time when I also had to dig a tunnel for myself; not to get out but to get in.

If broadband is a lifeline, then rural Texas is in danger of dying. In its first report to the Texas Legislature, the Governor’s Broadband Development Council called for the creation of a state broadband plan and a state broadband office.

We folks here in the South have our own way of talking. We are known for our colloquialisms...our way of speaking that sets us apart from our neighbors to the North, East, and West After hearing the term “unprecedented” for the zillionth time in reference to the coronavirus, the mind plays tricks inside my head. Though I am not making light of this serious pandemic, I just have a desire to (hopefully) make you smile by blending some of the new terms we have recently learned with our old Southern lingo.

To the Editor: According to the far right Heritage Foundation voter fraud database, there have been 1,298 proven instances of voter fraud since 1979. Even if we assume that we doubled that number (rampant voter fraud) in 2020, and even if we assume they all came in one single state, it would sway the election by exactly ZERO electoral votes.

To the Editor: Your laudable editorial about Beefhead Ditch and Founders’ Park, have created some questions in our minds. Since our research indicates that La Grange has already covered up a portion of the original ditch, can they do so again, considering that the time of its original construction may make it historical? Does the Fayette County Historical Society have any interest in the retaining both Beefhead Ditch and Founder’s Palk? Aside from wondering about the ditch, we would like both the city of La Grange and the Fayette County Historical Society to consider the matter of the old section of the City Cemetery.

To the Editor: I feel that most folks in Fayette County and beyond want the same results when it comes to the pandemic. We all want to save lives and return to normal.

To the Editor: Contention of election results has monopolized the news for several days. In a close race, an accurate count should be a mandate.