One of the first things my wife and I did when we moved into our farmhouse more than four decades ago was dig a well. Our house, which was built by my grandparents in the early 1960s, drew its water from a cistern. This was good and bad. It was good because the cistern was supplied by ...
Dear Annie: I’m a 47-year-old woman from Texas, and I’m not usually one to complain. I’ve always considered myself resilient, but I’m stuck in a situation where I need advice on two related issues. First, and there’s no easy way to say this, my mother had an affair with my high ...
Dear Annie: My husband, “Mark,” and I have been married for eight years, and we have a good relationship. We’ve always butt heads a little bit about his mother, but recently we have started really clashing over her. She’s always been a little overbearing, but lately, it feels like ...
To the editor: “Pardon the January 6 rioters. This will signal the end of democracy in America, since it will end the Rule of Law... Where the law bends to the whim of the Strong Man, who himself is above the law, (says the Supreme Court), there is no Rule of Law. And where there is no ...
To the editor: I would like to clarify something that Paul Platz wrote about in one of his recent and frequent letters to the editor. It was Paul’s opinion that flags should not be flown at half-staff for a full month in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, because Paul thought President ...
To the editor: In response to the Klawitter letter. The last paragraph telling of President Biden’s executive order was foolish to keep the “United States of America” from being energy independent. We hope and pray that the Trump administration will undo the damage that this executive ...