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Placing our hope and trust in God alone

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Ginger cookies

We were supposed to get the tile backsplash installed in our kitchen yesterday, but my husband, Peter, said he needed to use the kitchen so he could bake ginger cookies.

“Can you work in the bathroom today instead?” I asked Meshach, the talented tiler from Kenya, who has been here so long by now that he feels like part of the family. “Peter wants to bake ginger cookies.”

Meshach has now been joined by a second Kenyan, who is assisting him, named Yusefu. Yusefu and Meshach looked at me seriously for a long moment.

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Talking trash

Keeping Ennis Beautiful was a theme launched as a reminder to take pride in our home town, collectively and individually. As part of that effort, the City of Ennis has launched a new containerized, solid waste program.

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Can you hear me now?

I listened this weekend as the television announcers declared that thenpresidential candidate Donald Trump was landing his 747 in Mobile, Ala.

They said the city’s name as if it was a Mo-BUL phone, or a Mo-BUL blood drive unit or a Mo-BUL military detachment. “Mo-BUL, Alabama,” they said.

I just shook my head.

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Oh, to have handlers

Evidently, it pays to have handlers.

The case for it relates to a story about a man who died and went to heaven. Once inside the gates there were two separate lines for men who were married. Above the first group was a sign that read: Henpecked Hus bands. Those waiting in it were growing impatient for it was an incredibly long line.

The second line also had a sign above: Non-Henpecked Husbands. Its line was very short, in fact, there was only one man waiting there.

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Benefits of belonging

Ennis has had a Chamber of Commerce for decades, and the reasons are plenteous. After all, businesses hold on to money judiciously, especially at the outset. In fact, who wants to shell out bucks for a membership that doesn’t figure to help your business.

Our city has been blessed to have a vibrant Chamber for years, and residents have grown to trust its leadership.

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Leaders leading

A doff of the hat to the leadership of Ellis County. Their resolution this week counters the directives pouring in from Washington D.C. and most of the media. It was timely and necessary.

Mandating a controversial vaccine for a virus that has affected so few in this country, especially when compared to other sicknesses, is a major over-reach of power. Its guarantee is as strong as the walls of a sand castle at high tide.

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The phone rang that horrible day

Working nights meant I was in slumberville when my Motorola flip phone began ringing at 8:45 in the morning. No one calls me that early. I’ve always told my friends that if God wanted me to see the sunrise, he would’ve made it happen about noon.