Opinion

We have been working hard to help promote Mudbugs on Main. A huge thank you to the Shops in Downtown Sealy for their dedication and putting on this event.

Larry Phillips has a special look about him these days. Oh, he’s a happy enough guy anyway. Has Sharon and the kids and is proud of all of them. His job’s not bad and he makes a living. Bowling on Tuesday nights, that sort of thing.

It is a well-known fact that we are allowed to chew out the people we care about. Most recently, this came to mind when I gave my old friend, Andrew, a serious tonguelashing.

Since elected in November 2020, I have been busy working with Council to conduct city business as efficiently and openly as possible. The Sealy News has now given me the opportunity to bring general information to its readers through this communication, and I am grateful for this column.

A few years ago my friend Kristen and I created a podcast called “The Exotic Fruit Review.” In it, we sampled exotic fruits, discussed them and interviewed people who were leading extraordinary lives. While we enjoyed having a quirky podcast, Kristen and I had to do all the scheduling, producing and editing work ourselves.

It was sure nice, Windy thought. Just sitting out here in Mamie’s yard with my dog, Ramses, and some refreshments Mamie brought out that did not include raw meat or vegetables no one could pronounce.

Texas stands to gain two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after results of the 2020 census released last week show the state had the largest numerical gain of any state since the 2010 census

I finished my bath and saw that the rust-orange towel had molted all over my body. I was covered with tufts of orange fur.

Have you ever heard or uttered a sentence and then thought, “I’ll bet no one’s ever said that before”? I think about these kinds of sentences all the time. Do you know that there’s a version of this “once-in-a-lifetime” occasion for standalone words? They’re called “nonce” words, or “occasionalisms.” Nonce words are born when one word gets invented and subsequently utilized one time for one occurrence in one work of writing.

As a Rotarian and a proud member of the Sealy community, I try to live up to the Rotary mission of Service Above Self. It’s a great honor to be recognized by The Sealy News and to be selected to contribute to the editorial page.