By DANNY MINTON As a child growing up, we’d often make the trip to my grandparents in Howe, Texas. The trip from Plano was around 45 minutes. In the early days without car air-conditioning, with the windows down you could smell the creosol that coated the fenceposts. Now every time I come around that smell, it reminds me of those
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By DANNY MINTON Turn on the TV, listen to a conversation, or walk down the mall and you’ll get a picture of the world of our youth today. Sex, violence, drugs, are shown and discussed in many circles. The apathetic work ethic and laziness are thrown out for us to consider. We label a whole generation based on what we
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON It was April 6, 1945, just off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. The U.S. naval forces were preparing for an eventual attack on the island with many of the U.S. fleet off the shores. One of those ships was the USS North Carolina, the ship which my dad served on during the last few years of WWII. On
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To Be or Not to Be By Nancy Patrick What you know of me— Fragile minutiae, Miniscule iota, Deceptive shard. Evasive splinter of— Who I am Was Have been Can be Might be Would be Could be May be Must be Should be Will be. By NANCY PATRICK In 1962 when I was 12-years-old, Neil Sedaka released his hit
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON His name was Jack Thum. His profession was a professional clown. Few people remember him, especially those outside the Chicago area. You see, Jack died some thirty years ago of cancer. When Jack died, Walter Cronkite mentioned it on his broadcast, and the church bells of Chicago rang in tribute. All of Chicago mourned. So what made
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON The time was late afternoon, Dec. 10, 1965. Daylight was fading on a rather warm day for December in North Central Texas. The high temperature for the day had been 66 degrees with winds rustling the trees in the neighborhood around our football field in Plano, Texas. By tradition, each afternoon before our game the following day
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By NANCY PATRICK My upbringing, though a simple one, taught me about worthwhile values. I confess that I have materialistic moments and desires, but I strive to keep them at a minimum. When I contemplate my New Year’s resolutions, I try to keep them simple, unselfish, and realistic. I consider several categories of behavior for my own life. One area
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“Il faut laver son linge sale en famille” By DANNY MINTON The title of this thought is an old French proverb. It was one that Napoleon quoted when he returned to France from his exile in Elba in the year 1815. It was a phrase that was first used in England in 1867 by Anthony Trollope in “The Last Chronicle
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By DANNY MINTON The term “Bucket List” has been around for quite some time, but seems to have become more popular since the movie, “Bucket List,” came out a decade ago. The term originates from the phrase to “kick the bucket” or in other words to die. It’s a list that people create of things they want to do or
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Spirit Of Abilene 