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Summer's here I know summer is here because of the stain on my car's upholstery. A Coke can exploded in the car this week.

There's other sure signs ... my daughter's air conditioner went out at her house, grass is growing at a rate faster than I can pay the ...

Solving the elephant problem may prove a solution for other things

Thank goodness for our readers. Recently I wrote a "Good morning" story about problems with crows (and I later discovered many smaller birds) eating my blackberries. I wrote about several strategies people in the newsroom and my Facebook friends had ...


Mosquito haven, not heaven

BY COURTNEY MURPHY

HERALD DEMOCRAT

Unpredictable, ever changing, chaotic, and inconvenient.Oh, how the rain affects North Texas.

My most recent encounter with the rain occurred the second weekend in May. I was at my friend's house off ...

Those summer days Summer is officially here.

Where did the time go? It seems like just a couple of days ago, we were complaining about the cold rain. Now we are complaining about the high temperatures. Of course, people are rarely happy with the weather.

Sum ...

Communication breakdown

BY COURTNEY MURPHY

HERALD DEMOCRAT

While working on the highly commented panhandlers story recently, the thought occurred to me of how difficult it is to find a job in this economy. Not to praise the panhandlers, whom I believe should at le ...

In the garden There I was, sweating even as the sun went down, digging garlic bulbs out of the garden. I heard my dogs bark a couple of times, but didn't see any of the usual neighborhood dogs out for a stroll. I looked up again as I wiped sweat out of my eyes and ...


R.C. Vaughan: 'A kind word goes a long way'

(Editor's note: The following column appeared originally in the Sunday, July 27, 1997, edition of the Herald Democrat.)

Sometimes a kind word goes a long way. A pat on the back or a sincere compliment uplifts a person. It pumps up the self ...

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