Thursday night: Five officers killed in the line of duty in Downtown Dallas. Friday: A city knocked down after violence the night before. Saturday: A memorial grows at Dallas Police Headquarters where a false alarm caused a brief scare that night after a suspicious person was reported in a garage nearby. Then Sunday came. It…… MORE
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Learning to Love Skynet
You may know one. You may even be one yourself. I kinda-sorta used to be one…well, borderline, anyway. I’m talking about Luddites, those folks who despise technology almost to the point of throwing their cellphones (they wouldn’t be caught dead with a smartphone) out the window in anger and disgust. The name goes back to…… MORE
Kristin Thrower 6/23/16; Help Me Fill the House
I’ve given several speeches in my journalism education and career, but none that have lasted 30 minutes or longer. But, if anyone wants to witness this first, while learning how to stay safe in the face of disaster, come out to Rowlett next month. I will be heading up a talk on weather preparedness in…… MORE
Happy Father’s Day
Father’s Day is coming up. I’m currently not a father in the traditional sense. I do have some cats and dogs and a couple of ducks, but I would feel like a fraud if I were to claim that qualified me for some kind of gift. Being said, I will never turn down a gift…… MORE
Amy Chodroff 06/09/2016; Loosening the Grip!
My older daughter is 17 years old today. How can that be? After all, I’m still trying to lose the baby weight I gained when I was pregnant with her. We already survived the driving thing, and now we about to dive head first into the whole college application process. I should be an expert…… MORE
Doug Helton 06/07/16; Spring is Here
This is my favorite time of the year. So, what is it about late spring that makes me feel happy? The days are slowly getting longer. The sunshine starts to feel warmer. It’s a time for new beginnings. Flowers are blooming and there are leaves on the trees. The grass has turned green again. The…… MORE
Freda Ross 5/27/16; It’s Just a Card
I took an unexpected trip down memory lane this week. I was sorting through boxes in my garage and found pictures of old boyfriends and greeting cards from family, college friends and my ex-husband. It’s amazing how finding things that were once treasured take you back in time. Unfortunately because of technology people don’t really…… MORE
Kristin Thrower 5/16/16; To Hold Onto or To Let Go?
I discovered a man from my church is a doctor. An optometrist. He and I talked at length over the weekend about my mother’s macular degeneration and how she can possibly have a happier life with the disease that eventually takes your eyesight. I learned the condition is one of many that will eventually come…… MORE
High tech convenience or invasion of pricacy?
Saturday evening my wife, the lovely and feisty CarolAnn Williams, went shopping with a friend. They went into a specialty store CarolAnn had never heard of and she bought a couple of inexpensive items using cash, not a credit card. She didn’t sign up for an email list or leave her name or phone number…… MORE
Traffic changes to I-35 to WB I-30 in Downtown Dallas
Starting this weekend, there’s a major change in traffic flow. The new changes will impact drivers traveling on I-35 to I-30 in downtown Dallas. The new exit from southbound Interstate 35 to westbound I-30 will now happen from the right lanes, not the left lanes. This is a HUGE change from the decades old flow of traffic…… MORE
