At some point or another, throughout your life, you have probably played a board game.Most often, I presume, this was at a point when you were...

Starting over.There’s something to be said about starting over — about waking up one day and realizing your life looks completely different than it...

When I first moved here nearly four years ago, people often asked me how I survived transitioning from a growing city such as New Braunfels to Port Lavaca, my response came...

I started toting around a work bag in addition to my purse.  Granted, I have no clue why I even carry around a purse because it’s not like it is full of things I need right...

Remember when the Martians had invaded and the “War of the Worlds” had begun?OK, I don’t really either since I wasn’t around in 1938, but it was a defining moment in radio...

Whenever I tell people I moved to Port Lavaca from New Braunfels, the natural question that follows is “Why’d you do that?” That in of itself is an interesting story, but...

As discussions continue regarding the potential closure or consolidation of schools within Calhoun County ISD, questions are being raised about whether the district has...

Although the weather hasn't been sunny, summer is here. I can tell by the loud noises of children racing from one end of the house to the other and my grocery bill...

It has been snowing at my mother’s house. Soft white stuff that drifted slowly down onto everything - carpets, chairs, tile – into a vast wasteland of fluff. No amount of...

Sometimes the hardest things to part with are tucked away in a kitchen cabinetI recently decided to tackle a project that seemed simple enough: deep clean the kitchen.Not...

I should know better.I should know better because if something is going to go wrong, it’s going to go wrong to me. And there I was, locked out of my truck.But let’s back up...

Even when I first arrived in Calhoun County in early 2023, there was one thing that stood out to me more than anything else about the area: the sheer, raw potential.But as...

At the end of March, we held our Celebrate the Child Picnic to kickoff Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month and to celebrate all the children in our community.  Mayor...

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a time to bring awareness and education to the community about sexual violence through special events, trainings and shared resources. The...

I am at a point in my life where I thought I had been through it all or at least most things.  I have buried my grandparents, my mother, my father and my husband. I have...