The slow cooker
The title of this column probably brings to mind the smell of a pot roast or a soup that has simmered all day while you were at work. I love my crock pot and all the easy meals it cooks, but the slow cooker in this story is me. […]
Columns
Byrd brings the Rains County Public Library into the 21st Century
Wendy Byrd was working on indigent health care for Rains County Judge Joe R. Dougherty, about a dozen years ago, when the position of Rains County Public Librarian opened up in Emory. […]
The problems behind the sale
Last week I wrote about the amazing success of the Friends of the Library Book Sale and how smoothly it went. That was true, but the sale wasn’t without problems. […]
Book sale events
The Friends of Rains County Public Library held their semi-annual Book Sale last Friday and Saturday. Publicity Coordinator Marsha Rakestraw had labeled the sale as an “event,” and her prediction proved to be true. […]
History of a treadmill
Two weeks ago I wrote about our appliance ordeal when the dryer went out and we unex- pectedly bought a freezer, all in the same day. […]
American Legion – a major part of Harvey’s life
David Harvey’s life can be described in many ways. Although born in Fort Worth, he spent his childhood attending Rains County schools, where he ended up on the Rains High School District Championship Football Team in 1969. […]
School pick up
I first became a member of the school pick up brigade when Christian was three years old. After several years of being a stay-at-home wife and mother, I rejoined the workforce and he entered the world of daycare. […]
Appliance chaos
In March of 2020, I wrote a column, titled “The Brendles Unplugged,” about a weekend when both our wifi and our clothes dryer went down for an eight count. Thankfully, my resident handyman knew what to do, and after a short wait for parts to arrive, he fixed both issues and had us up and running in short order. […]
Tales from the fair
After a year off for COVID isolation, the Rains County Fair was back last week. The first two nights were so slow in the Exhibits and Vendor Building that I wondered if people were still cocooning at home. […]
To shoot or not to shoot
A friend recently invited me to attend a meeting of The Well-Armed Woman with her. She is a licensed gun owner and thought I might enjoy the group that describes itself as “a non-profit organization that … creates opportunities for women to be introduced to issues important to women shooters, learn safe gun handling skills and train together.” […]