Opinion

Body A favorite story of faith and healing happened as Jesus was going through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. The road was crowded with fellow travelers.

Body Dear Neil: Are these caterpillars harmful? Should we kill them? You’ve attached a photo of an asp, or puss caterpillar. If you were to brush against one, it would inflict a very painful sting from that row of bristles down its back.

Body September is Apple Month. When school starts and September is here, who doesn’t start to think about all those wonderful apples ripe for the picking. Apples are a pomaceous fruit of the Malus domestic species.

Body Many parents my age are currently experiencing empty nest syndrome/euphoria as they send their children off to college in hopes that, someday, their “babies” will graduate and come back home to pick up all of the junk they left crammed under their beds.

Body This week Texans, Americans, and all those who love freedom throughout the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Body It seems that many of us are always hooked up to earbuds, iPods, computers, and video games. We are in constant states of listening to something or to someone.

Body Hurricanes are on the forefront of everyone’s mind. September is Emergency Preparedness Month.

Body Dear Neil: I have two young red oak trees in our yard. The leaves on one of the trees are turning brown.

Body I come from a family of fighting men. My cousin Adolph was a paratrooper who landed at Normandy on D-Day, and the parachute he used - stained with blood and dirt - was turned into my cousin Helen’s wedding dress.

Body Up to half of Border Patrol personnel in Texas have been pulled from the field, with a record low 12 officers attempting to cover a busy 245-mile stretch of the Rio Grande. As more agents are assigned to deskwork, “Morale is in the toilet,” said the Border Patrol’s union.