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Island In Heat: The Dog Days of Summer
By Forest Riggs  There is a great deal that can be said about the summer’s intense heat and some of the descriptions can actually contain references to a female dog.
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If you build it, they will come
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday, all you beautiful people! I hope today finds you doing fine! This year, July 29, was not like every other day. I would like to
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King of hearts Raph Solo breaks free in “Broken Hearts”
This is The 2nd release from his new album, word of love The Word of Love album is Raph Solo’s little notebook on relationships, a “what to do and what
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Creep of the Week: Trump Voters
By D’Anne Witkowski The other day I heard a self-proclaimed democrat who voted for Trump say he didn’t like Hillary. “Bernie would have won. We told them we wanted Bernie,â€
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Adios to El Tiempo, Rachel Maddow’s coup and other top stories
By Johnny Trlica COMMENTARY: August of 1968 seems like a long, long time ago. I was a mere child of 12, growing up in small town Rosenberg. On August 1,
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Dolly songs, ‘Spring’ and a summer mellerdrammer
By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, directed by Katie Barton with music Direction by Ben Hope. The iconic songbook of Johnny
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Non-binary panel to share experiences at PFLAG monthly meeting
By Linda Bratsen Some people do not identify as female or male and navigate the world as non-binary. To better understand this gender-neutral topic, a panel of non-binary individuals addresses
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Rover Oaks Pet Resort’s ‘Operation: War Dogs’ fundraiser helps military dogs find new lives
Rover Oaks Pet Resort just wrapped its eighth annual month-long donation drive, Operation: War Dogs, to help rescue and bring home America’s nation’s War Dogs. The funds raised are going to
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Easy, breezy hors d’oeuvres
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well readers, Paula just returned from a “triangle†bar tour. Longview, Dallas, and Austin. What an eye opening experience. It makes you appreciate our drink prices. It