One of the sweetest fruits of friendship is the inside joke. When a buddy cuts a one-liner in company, and you are the only one to belly laugh, those on the outside are made to feel…well, outside. He is drawing from a shared history that not everyone has access to. The same thing is true with reading. Great authors like Dante often assume, or demand, that their readers have read certain works and can therefore pick up on literary illusions. Think of it as the insidejoke for bookworms.

One of the many articles that have kept alive the legend of hidden riches on a narrow strip of sand off the Texas Gulf Coast ran in the Harlingen-based Valley Morning Star on Oct. 27, 1966.

October 19-25 is Free Speech Week. The First Amendment written in 1791 states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Texans receiving unemployment benefits will need to show an active effort to find a job starting Nov. 1.

To the Editor: In the recent issue of The Fayette County Record, Judge Weber defended the mandate set forth by the Governor and that the actions would be determined to be legal or not by the Supreme Court. So I’m trying to understand what constitution Judge Weber is trying to defend.

I’m in my car in the parking lot of Round Top Mercantile where business looks good. It’s the beginning of the Fall Antique Shows.

Oct. 16-20, 1970 A farmhouse burglary in northern Fayette County netted enough weapons to start a small war.

The Banner-Press • An Austin County man is in custody after a two-day manhunt earlier this week in Austin and Colorado Counties. Jeremey Clayton, 35-years-old, was initially contacted by Austin County deputies in the early morning hours of Oct.12.

Here it is fall of 2020, and even in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico I can begin to feel the shift away from summer. The mornings are cooler, the days not quite as warm as they were just weeks ago, and blooming plants aren’t quite as radiant, except for the marigolds.

The members of Round Top-Carmine 4-H are selling poinsettias for Christmas now through the end of the month. Pick-up will be in December.