Gus Clemens on Wine

Wine descriptions often refer to “texture.” What the heck does that mean? There is a texture difference between silk and sandpaper. There is a texture difference between a crisp apple and creamy mashed potatoes. Wine is a liquid. Liquid is liquid texture, right? Well, no. Not with wine.

Garza County Trailblazers Menus

Monday, June 26 – Creamy Mushroom Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Peas & Carrots, Whole Wheat Roll, Margarine, Emerald Peas. Tuesday, June 27 – Chicken Fajitas, Refried Beans, White Rice, Tossed Vegetable Salad, Lo Cal French Dressing, Flour Tortilla.

Happy Birthday!

Saturday, June 24 Nancy Thuett Zoee Ray Jodi Cash Sunday, June 25 Jamie Norman Penn Joe Miller Monday, June 26 Nancy Gordon Colton Thompson Tuesday, June 27 Sara Hudman Wednesday, June 28 Ralynn Kirkpatrick Jeffrey Browning Kenda Williams Fridrich Felix Bustos George...

Gus Clemens onWine

Arcane knowledge is the bane of wine writers. While we fulminate over nuance differences between bâtonnage and pump-over, readers roll their eyes over esoteric words with obscure, oddly accented letters. Reboot. Back to basics: Wine 101. Wine is an alcoholic beverage.

DoYou Remember?

I’m sure if you have been in the Terrence Cemetery, you have seen the tall tombstones that look like pieces of trees. They are the tombstones that are from the Woodmen of the World. Again, I went to the internet to learn about these strange headstones.

Kirkpatrick earns trip to NHSRF

What a great week Zaran had at the Texas High School Rodeo Finals in Abilene, Tx! After a long week, she qualified for the championship round in both goat tying and breakaway roping.

Father’s Day is a chance to honor Dad

Father’s Day is a day many families look forward to and is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. It is a day to pay homage to fathers and the millions of other men who have stepped into the role of father.

Mirror Image

Saturday was grass-cutting day. This is a chore I dread because I lack the strength to start the lawnmower. Since some tasks are easier for men, and starting a lawnmower is one of them, sometimes I do succeed in getting it started, but not this day.

Slaton Bakery celebrates its 100th birthday

Lynn Simpson stopped by The Post Dispatch this week to visit. I asked him about the celebration of the Slaton Bakery. This has been his family’s business for eighty of the hundred years the Bakery has been open.

COMMUNITY SCRAPBOOK

Thanks to Stetson Cimental for bringing the firetruck to the Summer Reading Program at the Library.