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Haiku in the era of Covid-19
By Nancy Ford Who could have known that a tiny, little thing like a virus that looks like a pink and red toilet scrubber could have caused so many problems
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The Absolutely, Positively, Undeniably Factual Story of the Easter Bunny’s Secret
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Has anyone besides me been wanting their mommy recently? It’s been a rough period. In stretches of trouble, it’s often comforting to recall happier times. Facebook
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DARK DAYS OF DINING
Dine out while staying in By Jim Ayres What’s a dining writer to do when there’s nowhere to dine? These are tough times, and the hospitality industry is taking the
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Easy spring recipes
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Folks, spring is here and so is that crappy yellow pollen — not to mention the coronavirus. This closing of our watering holes has really put
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Coronavirus brings Galveston to a halt
By Forest Riggs If Rod Serling, TV legend and creator of The Twilight Zone, were alive today, he would have a lot of new material upon which to spin his
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6 Productive Ways to Spend Your Time During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Mikey Rox As we all hunker down to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, here are a few ways you can cope and stay productive for sanity’s –
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Gaston and LeFou are back
By Romeo San Vicente Think back to that flash of a moment in 2017’s live-action remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the one where it seemed that Gaston’s (Luke
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Lou Weaver to discuss + vocabulary via podcast
By Janice Anderson PFLAG Houston will not hold our general meeting nor small group meetings until after the CDC guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic say it’s safe. Instead of the
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Social reprogramming and the country’s landscape
By Colby Etherton Friends, what a strange time we’re living in. A Stay Home–Work Safe order was issued on March 24 for Houston and Harris County residents, going into effect
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TODAY, Thursday, March 26, 2020, at 4:30pm
Houston Mayor Turner will provide a COVID-19 update on the City of Houston’s Test Site;The Mayor will also be joined by local businessman Farouk Shami to accept a donation on