OPAS Season 51 promises to be ASTONISHING! Music Will Fill the Rudder Complex

  There’s no way to expect that the team at Texas A&M’s MSC OPAS could surpass last year’s 50th anniversary season, but they have, and they’ve already sold out a special event in March 2024! Season 51 begins this evening at Rudder Auditorium, with The Barricade Boys’ West End Party. If you like the harmonies Read More »

The Charm of Serene Country Cemeteries

  If you love exploring the history of small towns in Texas, one of the places you will find time well spent is in the older, smaller family cemeteries that line the beautiful Texas countryside. In and around the Brazos Valley, you can discover some amazing places that families have called their “family resting places” Read More »

Local Cemetery Burial — Options and Opportunities

  Let’s accept it. The only time we willingly discuss cemeteries is where we are supposed to go when a friend or family member dies and we are to attend a service following the funeral. Most of us know where two of the local cemeteries, but can you name how many cemeteries have plots available Read More »

If You Die Away from Home, What Happens?

  In today’s busy world, people are always busy, on the go, and have returned to a pretty full pace of traveling for work and play. The days when we were all mostly shut-in to our homes hunkered down have passed and we now battle incredible heat surges to be out and about. As a Read More »

40th Season of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra Offers New Gifts to Area Residents

Just as we are sending area youth off to their first days of school (and college) this month, it’s always an exciting time to welcome new seasons of our arts organizations here. They each spend hours of volunteer time contemplating their offerings for the coming year. For the first time this year, the Brazos Valley Read More »

What Are Your Favorite Things? How Many Can You Name About Those You Love?

Do you remember the 1960s TV show, “The Dating Game,” hosted by Jim Lange? It featured three eligible bachelors, or bachelorettes, and they were ensconced behind a panel, unseen by the person on the other side of the panel asking them questions, trying to get to know them. When you have only a few minutes Read More »

Let Freedom Ring — The 4th of July and Why We Are So Grateful

When I woke up this morning, I was aware it was a national holiday across the country for many people, which to some means a chance to avoid a clock alarm or to disable it. Then, I could stroll into the kitchen for a morning protein shake, others of you might select coffee, and check Read More »

Decoration Day is More Than a Southern Tradition

The month of May is one that signals many holidays, one of which relates to how we care for the cemetery plots of our family and friends. Particularly in the south it seems that family cemetery plots are cared for by relatives for generations by tradition. That is, of course, as opposed to “perpetual care” Read More »

Mother’s Day and the Opportunity to Say Thank You to All Those Who Mother Us

Long ago the holiday of Mother’s Day was thought to be confined to all those who were birth mothers to children. Cast in a traditional role, one saw pictures of children drawing happy scenes on construction paper with crayons to express their sentiments for the occasion. Fortunately, today, we realize that the title of Mother Read More »

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