Friends, I do not know why my writing muse has led me to this topic, especially with my innate posture of keeping my private life private, but here we go. As this story unfolds, I imagine the tones of this piece will resonate with far too many family members who have suffered the long slow goodbye to a loved one. The struggle is real and seems to never end and you are not alone.
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A few years ago, Brenna Payne moved to town and married a Navasotian, Josh Wisnoski. She is a workout trainer and I attended a few of her workout sessions and really enjoyed myself. More than that — I really liked her sweet and welcoming personality. Throughout the years, I saw her parents in pictures and at times in person on their visits to town, but never got to actually meet them.
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Systematic recording of weather data did not begin until about 1895, just in time to collect the data of a Texas “Blue Norther” of the winter of 1899. Some claim the 1899 “Blue Norther” was the bluest the state ever suffered.
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During my lifetime, I’ve reached a lot of milestones on the way to the tombstone. For instance, walking, talking, feeding myself, going from diapers to big girl panties, getting my driver’s license, graduation, marriage, babies and work accomplishments. Some of those milestones were really great and cause for celebration but at a certain point in the journey it’s like someone hits rewind. Your kids take your keys, your underwear comes from a box again and you’re babbling in your geriatric highchair.
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Friends, I have had several dogs in my life so far, but Basset Hounds were always something special and here’s why.
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As much as I love to shop local, there’s one guilty pleasure outside Navasota that my gentleman friend and I are unapologetic about engaging in and that’s our patronage of the French bistro in College Station, LePetit Cochon.
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The Best Museum located at the Horlock House on East Washington Avenue in Navasota is named for an Anderson woman, Georgia Becker Best, who was the granddaughter of an early Grimes county settler, Christian Becker.
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Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston. Patrick and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink shared the stage as they attempted to persuade investors to take advantage of $10 billion in incentives and bonuses provided by the state after voters approved a constitutional amendment last November, kut.org reported.
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