Columns

Good tidings, dear reader. I come to you today from the netherworld, a fleeting, flickering phantasm.

The Cibolo is ever expanding the experiences and opportunities to connect with nature and each other. We are delighted to be bringing more programming to the Cibolo’s second campus, Herff Farm, for the creatives in our community.

When I first received my driver’s license back in the days when I had a thick head of hair and had to start paying for my own gasoline, it was 55.9 cents per gallon. I remember that distinctively as I saw my hardearned money rolling away as the numbers on the pump spun rapidly like the wheels of a slot machine.

A lady walked up to me, leaned over, and with a smile whispered in my ear, “Now you can say whatever you want!”

This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.

Steven Harris has lived in Texas for most of his life. His creativity is most influenced by the Texas Hill Country and Gulf Coast. While he has painted in other places, the rocky terrain, clear streams and vistas in Central Texas and the beaches, bays and inland marshes along the Gulf Coast, in his words, “speak to me.”

You might enjoy owning your home – but the mortgage? Not so much. In fact, you might want to do everything you can to pay it off as quickly as possible. But is that always the best strategy?

It’s just around the corner, the best day of the entire summer: July 4! So, mark your calendars and plan to spend the day in Comfort – literally in “comfort!”

Everyone has a great story – where you came from, what has happened to you. Your experiences and those of your family tell an amazing story that is yours alone.

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week released his agency’s plan to support the expansion of broadband internet access to areas with limited or no access. Hegar and his agency’s Broadband Development Office received feedback through a series of town halls, virtual discussions and more than 16,000 responses to a survey.

Q: Our family loves playing sports so being limited the past couple of years has been tough. Our 8-year-old twins are finally starting league soccer this summer. My husband and I were both college athletes and we’re ultra-competitive, so we want to ensure that we maintain a healthy perspective. Do you have any advice?

Editor’s note: The following are spiritual poems written by local resident Jim “Pops” Talerico, a member of nineteen:10 Church in Boerne.