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In the media, newspapers, magazines and internet, there are often ads that try to get subjects for pharmaceutical tests on the human body, such as new treatments that hoped to be FDA approved for certain diseases. “If you suffer from (fill in the disease)...contact us now if you would like to be considered to be a subject for a study to be paid up to $$$ to participate and for

“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”

Central Texas vegetable gardens can be quite challenging as well as rewarding. Our mild winters and hot, humid summers can be a bit of trouble for gardeners. Planting flowers and vegetables at the proper time is important. There’s a small window of time in spring between the blazing heat of summer and freezing temps of winter. If you wait too long to get your spring garden planted your yields may be low and struggling in the heat. Planting too early and a late frost could ruin all your hard work. The good news is that the time is now!

TAIZE: Forgiveness Service, March 4, St. Stephen’s. Community Invited.

Lucy C. Johnson, former mayor of Kyle, has established a permanent endowment at Texas State University that will provide an annual scholarship to Hays County residents who enroll as freshmen in the University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication.

We are seeing signs of spring now that it is the middle of February. The Texas Mountain Laurels are beginning to bloom and the scent of grape bubble gum is in the air . These native bushes are deer resistant. Sometimes I have trouble with caterpillars eating the new growth on the Texas Mountain Laurels. Since I won’t use pesticides, I cut the caterpillars in half with scissors when I find them!

The Capitol of Nepal? Kathmandu, check. Audrey Hepburn Oscars? Two including the Humanitarian award. Most Consecutive Baseball Games played? Cal Ripken. What is the scientific sign for Titanium? Ti.

It is something that a lot of people look forward to, surprisingly so. Growing up, you knew it was time for Lent because on Friday, one of the local churches would have a fish fry. Lent is the preparation period of Christians, the period before Easter, this year celebrated on April 12.

Wimberley’s first Storytelling Fest was a tremendous success, according to those who attended the event. An initiative of the Wimberley Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance (WVACA), the Fest brought 14 storytellers to the stage of the Opera House at 7A Ranch for the day last Saturday. They performed before an audience of over a hundred, sharing stories that reflected the funny, challenging, and transformative moments in their lives.

Audiences are in for a criminally good time at the EmilyAnn Theatre’s production of John Bishop’s The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.

Friday, Feb. 28

I write at least six newspaper articles and two magazine articles every month, then there are numerous blog posts, book projects, and so forth. With all that writing it’s sometimes a struggle for me to think up good relevant topics to write about, then at other times, the topic finds me. That’s what happened this week.

I haven’t seen any rare birds around my place recently, but some folks have spotted some very interesting species during the first few weeks of 2020.