Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Setting up housekeeping is no easy task. But the task on the other end of the journey is harder. Ask anyone who has buried their last parent or whose parents have had to move into a care facility. Sifting through three-quarters of a century's worth of accumulated mounds of paper, pictures, trinkets, and family treasures is a daunting task. But it can be interesting. It can bring laughter. And tears. And it certainly can make you think. Such an undertaking takes much of its character and color from the character and lives of... Full story
Some things just can't be rushed. No matter how badly you want it, you'll not be able to enjoy the shade from a 75-year-old oak tree unless someone 75 years ago took the trouble and had the foresight to plant it. Strong faith is much like that old oak tree (and I think it was the late Wes Reagan, well-respected pastor and mentor, who I first heard use this good analogy). Lots of us want the blessings and the stability that can come during life's storms only through a deep and abiding faith. I want those blessings, too. But I...
I love the Olympics. And I've enjoyed the London Games particularly as the Brits have done, it seems to me, a jolly good job. (I'm glad they're racking up some pretty impressive medal success, too. Give me free games in a free land any day over even the most impressive games hosted by Communist thugs.) I've found myself pondering some of the historical reflections of the Crown's most famous subject, Winston Churchill. In "The Gathering Storm" Churchill writes that, in 1932, Adolf Hitler, that malignant little pustule of a... Full story
We don't hear much about surpluses these days. Shortages, yes. Surpluses, no. But I suppose one thing will never be in short supply. We may even have a surplus of ... experts. Flip on any channel. Lift up any rock. Look around any corner. And you'll find yourself eyeball to eyeball with an expert. Looks like a great job, if you can get it. Granted, folks who are the "genuine article"--really proficient and knowledgeable in their field — pay a high price to earn the term (and are usually slow to accept it). But folks eager a...
We don't hear much about surpluses these days. Shortages, yes. Surpluses, no. But I suppose one thing will never be in short supply. We may even have a surplus of ... experts. Flip on any channel. Lift up any rock. Look around any corner. And you'll find yourself eyeball to eyeball with an expert. Looks like a great job, if you can get it. Granted, folks who are the "genuine article"--really proficient and knowledgeable in their field — pay a high price to earn the term (and are usually slow to accept it). But folks eager a...
Very, very little about 'reality TV' is real. Put a little lipstick on a pit bull and you'll have something a lot more "real" and a good deal nicer than, for example, supposedly "real housewives" who are mostly collagen, silicone, high maintenance attitude, and genuinely devoid of anything genuine. But such mind-numbing voyeuristic freak show TV replicates itself at an astounding rate. "Real Housewives of Paducah"? I suppose the "Shark Tank" series on ABC is a kind of reality TV, so I feel a little embarrassed when I'm...
I am writing this column on a beautiful and calm morning. It's a holiday, and I'm planning to be seriously involved in doing almost nothing serious today. I've watered the fresh concrete in my driveway, trying to help it cure slowly and hoping to get it to grow. So far, that's worked. I'm sitting on the back patio, life-giving coffee and a deadly pellet gun on the table by my side. The coffee? Well, everyone knows it's foolish to try to write without coffee. And the pellet gun? Well, grackles occasionally show up to try to...
