Folks along El Camino Real can’t quit talking about what a wet August we’ve had. Most of us are through mowing and just kicking back waiting on fall by this time of year,...

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are a great way to pay for medical expenses, and since unused funds roll over from year to year, the account can also provide a source of...

According to experts in the field of human behavior, loneliness is at epidemic levels. Millions are walking through this dark valley and every day the numbers are growing....

Last week, it was time for me to renew the vehicle registration on my faithful old pick-up truck. That meant that it needed to pass the required vehicle inspection, and it...

Folks around El Camino Real are doing what they do every year about this time. They are talking about how hot the weather is and what kind of football team the...

Hiring your children to work in your business can be a win-win situation for everyone. Your kids will earn money, gain real-life experience in the workplace, and learn what...

Now that July decided it was time to leave us, all the kids are being forced to turning their attention to the inevitable: school starting back. I’m sure there are some...

Man, we just don’t pay our teachers very well in Rusk! We started working on the 2017-2018 budget around March of this year and did so knowing that our personnel costs...

Folks along El Camino Real sat shivering on their porches on Sunday after a cold front came through and dropped temperatures into the low nineties. I’ve been disappointed...

A marriage is worth celebrating, but bringing up the marriage penalty may bring down the celebration. The marriage penalty occurs in the tax code when you pay more tax as a...

It is a story from decades ago that I’ve retold countless times. Its punchline – wadded up into a few words – sums up the conundrums that hit us daily with tornadic...

Summer is a time for reunions and dinner-on-the-ground celebrations. As a member of the county historical commission, I was asked to say a few...

Seeing cattle here in Texas is as common as the weather changing – very frequent. What’s interesting about cattle is that as long as they get to eat, drink and sleep,...

Folks along El Camino Real were tickled to death about the nice rain we received on Sunday evening. It was more of a flood at my house than a nice rain, but we appreciated...

It was the kind of picnic he’d remember for quite a while, he knew. It didn’t take place at the village park, where folks would normally go, but down along Lewis Creek....