Opinion

Thanksgiving is almost here and Christmas is just around the corner. With the pandemic slowing down, families will be traveling by car and airplane to visit with relatives and friends.

Dear Neil: Do I need to pick off the seeds from my pansies and pinks after the petals have fallen? No. Plant breeders have provided us types that continue producing more and more flowers without this type of deadheading.

Because life is mostly made up of little experiences occasionally interrupted by big events, it’s easy to take the little things for granted.

A group of congressional Democrats is complaining about Texas’ Operation Lone Star border enforcement initiative, claiming that the state has established “a separate immigration policy.”

Restoring the spring With the advent of Texas Water Trade, Fort Stockton has an historic opportunity to restore Comanche Springs. Comanche Springs is the reason that Fort Stockton exists.

The selection committee to pick the next New Testament professor to speak at a prominent church’s annual midwinter lecture series was examining one of the finalists, a wellknown biblical scholar. One of the committee members was a young man who simply loved to challenge.

Happy Thanksgiving to you, and wishing you a safe and enjoyable holiday. It is great to see family and friends, but one always looks forward to the meal and all those special treats that you have only on Thanksgiving.

Almost everyone has a favorite holiday sweet. Some like cake, some like cookies, others like candy, but me, I like pie. My favorite pie is not a holiday pie.

This classic recipe has been on Libby’s Pumpkin labels since 1950. This pie is easy to prepare and even easier to enjoy.

The latest iteration of Build Back Better – the president’s multi-trillion-dollar taxand-spending binge that has been stalled in Congress all year – purports to reduce the cost of prescription drugs via negotiation.