Dec 29, 2025 | REFLECTIONS
A Collection of Heartfelt Words From East Texas Writers Bearing All Things By Carol Thompson You missed the blooming of the gardenia. After all the potting and tending, you left too soon to see. You missed my lonesome listening to those songs, my spirit still, unable...
Aug 27, 2025 | REFLECTIONS
He watched a love that proved untrue from a window up above and couldn’t walk through this world without Luke the Drifter’s shoes He took us on The Grand Tour gave wine colored roses away and little tears still come from He Stopped Loving Her Today Oh as I...
May 2, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE, REFLECTIONS
May Forgiveness Still Be a Rose Love letters you wrote me were taken in vain now I hear the echoes of your sweet name strange feelings surround me since you went away and empty hours fill up my days I hear a church bell ringing down the road and my heart’s...
Feb 26, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE, REFLECTIONS
Lexie Dean Robertson was a teacher and poet. She was born in Lindale, Texas, on July 25, 1893, the daughter of Alexander Green and Lena (Ansley) Dean. Her parents were both teachers. She grew up in Canton and married J. F. Robertson on August 16, 1911, while both were...
Jan 26, 2025 | REFLECTIONS
“If ever I go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” Dorothy, L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz This Dorothy quote from The...
Jan 16, 2025 | REFLECTIONS
Several of my relatives and friends passed away recently. Their obituaries attempt to capture the highlights of their lives and legacies. Being around those whose love for them is all too present, is when I truly feel the essence of their lives. This has me thinking...
