I absolutely appreciate the convenience of digitalized books. Download a couple hundred to your phone or Kindle, head off on some far-flung backpacking adventure across the country, and you can rest easy in your tent knowing your favorite stories can be recalled with a simple flick of your thumb.
During the Cold War, so called, the country of Chile, which is a long strip of land running for hundreds of miles along the west coast of South America hemmed in by the Andes mountains on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west was a prime target for takeover by the communists. Some people I worked for were very interested in it because of its strategic importance in Latin America. The Chile political system wavered. The U S government was anxious. So one day I found myself in Santiago, the capital.
I realized something this year that I never would have believed. I miss school supply shopping. I know that sounds crazy, but I realized I actually missed that huge list of school supplies that we normally need prior to school beginning.
Things have gotten weird around here. Though they aren’t “cat”-astrophic, I am not sure if there is cause for concern or not.
Haley Bucsanyi, a student at Northeast Texas Community College in Texas, has been named the 2020 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
