ROCKWALL, TX (May 5, 2014) This Mother’s Day is shaping up to be a special one for Brooke Peters. She’s thrilled that the babies she brought into the world are now a year old. And she was so enamored with being a mother that she wrote an award-winning essay to share her experience. But Brooke’s babies […]
(May 1, 2014) When the safety and soul of the United States are threatened, three once-naive Americans risk the ultimate sacrifice to uncover and expose a global conspiracy to defraud the nation of trillions of dollars in an operation funded by Washington war profiteering and illegal drug sales. The despicable activities are sanctioned by the CIA, […]
ROCKWALL / HEATH, TX (April 17, 2014) Carolyn Roosth of Heath has just published her third novel, Promises, which follows last year’s publication of Anger. Carolyn grew up on a farm outside a small town in East Texas. She graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in English and Speech and completed her […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 16, 2014) Baseball has long been known as the America’s National Pastime. Not necessarily an American invention, but certainly an American experiment, or even evolution. Abner Doubleday is usually credited with the invention of the game, but it actually seems to have developed from “Rounders,” a game still played in England today. Controversy […]
ROCKWALL / HEATH, TX (April 11, 2014) As a young girl I treasured a gift chosen just for me. My grandparents had given me a ring with a small ruby stone for my birthday. The ring had a real gold band that wouldn’t turn my finger green like the dime store rings I’d worn. I wore […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 11, 2014) I slapped the last touches on a chicken coop the other day, having designed the thing from the ground up and pieced together every board of the poultry palace. Like all building projects, I ran into an unanticipated challenge. Basically, I needed to rip (or cut long-ways) a skinny board. There […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 11, 2014) Spring is in the air. The warm weather has rekindled the flame in the collective hearts of Rockwall. Lovers walk hand-in-hand through tree-shaded parks. Tulips bloom in freshly tended gardens. Couples enjoy a romantic sunset dinner on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard. And with all that romance blossoming across town, […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 8, 2014) Dodie’s Cajun Diner will host its Annual Crawfish Fest at The Harbor on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27th, featuring all-you-can-eat crawfish and live music by The Big Daddy Band. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the JER Chilton YMCA at […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 6, 2014) It’s not easy being people. From the middle school hallways where the first signs of social friction between jocks, nerds, dweebs, debs and loads (my lexicon is probably dated) becomes apparent, to our rise into adulthood, we all struggle at different levels. Eventually we deal with things like jobs and […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 11, 2014) Spring weather has hit and I’m lovin’ it. I’ve been cleaning up fallen limbs and straightening up the deck whileIreland, my first grader, plays with her dolls in the dirt. The pastures behind us awake with crows cawing while they mob an invading hawk—the sounds and sights of nature awaking from […]