2023 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

Body REMINDERS: DeadlinetoregistertovoteisTuesday,Oct.10,fortheNovemberelection Public and Civic Meetings Coming Up Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.com KING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT Thursday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m.

Pilgrimage

Body Sometimes you just have to settle. Ask me. The Camino de Santiago beckons. Most of us are never going to travel that famous well-worn pilgrimage route across northern Spain. My chances are slim as long as I stick with my non-pilgrimage husband. So I settled.

Making a business out of music

Body “There’s a song in everything,” says songwriter and performer John Arthur Martinez of Fredericksburg. “There a song in a sunset, there’s a song in heartbreak, there’s a song in a wildflower after a rain.” The 15 albums of his original music have his initials on them: J A M.

2023 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

Body REMINDERS: Deadline to register to vote is Tuesday, Oct. 10, for the November election Public and Civic Meetings Coming Up Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.com MOTLEY COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD Monday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m.

In the beginning…

Body As with many of you, Sunday school and Wednesday night children’s Bible classes always included the creation story. The figures placed on a felt board, the cutouts, and the coloring pages were mainstays of those 45-minute gatherings.

Marriage is supposed to be fun

Body I don’t know what the secret to a good marriage is. I only know I have a good one that has been fun, exciting and full of adventure. On our way to celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary in Santa Fe, we stopped for lunch at the Cowboy Café in Roswell.

Music to our ears

Body and appreciates all kinds of music, I have never been much of a concert goer. Just not a crowd person. If I were to tell my children that Captain & Tennille and Ray Stevens were my only two concerts for the longest time, they would have no clue who those people even were.

Another special session slated for October

Body CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS has called a third special session, this time about school choice, for next month. He is promising retribution for lawmakers who oppose his move to enact school vouchers in Texas, the Texas Tribune reported.

Bringing it to the table— in all weathers

Body The elements have smiled on us the past week. Chances are you looked outside and smiled back. This weather brings out the best in my snooze button. The cooler temps and rains have given us a brief reprieve from the hot, dry summer that overcooked our yards, farms, and ranches.

Paxton acquitted on all impeachment counts

Body AUSTIN— Ken Paxton has been reinstated as Texas attorney general after the Texas Senate on Saturday acquitted him of charges of bribery and misuse of office.