Opinions

Last week we spent our time talking about some of the basics of branding livestock, specifically cattle and horses. We also mentioned a few of the more historic Texas ranches some of which date back to the mid-1800s.

Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas came ashore, dumping more than a foot of rain and cutting off power to a half-million customers in Texas, according to poweroutage.us. That number had been reduced to about 4,200 as of Sunday.

Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal with redistricting, to decide how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic funding from the federal government and to determine to whether state or local governments can mandate COVID-19 vaccines, as well as some pet issues of the governor that failed to pass recent sessions.

What is your contribution to the society in which you live?

That’s my thought as I compose this post a few days in advance of my normal schedule. I’m composing early (much preferred over decomposing early) because Mrs. Sweetie and I are heading out of town for a Labor Day weekend camping trip with some of our kids and grands.

Do you remember when Labor Day became a National Holiday?

Note that I did not say, “do you know” but “do you remember.”

If you remember, you are amazingly old. There is no other way to say that.