Spring Cleaning. Now is the time. If you would like to be healthier or would like to lose weight, a cleanse would be a fabulous place to start. Cleansing helps the body get rid of harmful toxins so that it runs more effectively and efficiently. Cleansing is the antidote for the American diet.

It’s a wonderful thing to have great friends, and we do! The Friends of the Library Annual Book and Bake Sale was a resounding success! Nancy and I want to thank Carolyn Phillips for organizing the sale again this year. We are also grateful for her many helpers: Wes Strickland, John Davis, Tom Gibbons, Dane Phillips, Mark Kirby, Nanci Gibbons, Kay Hudler, Nan Larrimore, Jan Strickland, Jean Dudney, Rosemary Davis, Corrine Wright, Wendy Hastings, Julie Alford, Pam Scott, Mary Schilibo, Judy Sc ...

Here is some information that I find helpful when cooking for just two! This comes from the Cook It Quick e-newsletter from UNL Extension in Nebraska. When reducing recipes, you may need to use smaller saucepans, skillets and baking pans. The time for baking smaller amounts of food may be less. The standard size egg for recipes is the large egg.

When sensory body parts were assigned, growing evidence suggests that noses got a raw deal. They haven’t made much noise about it so far; what can they do—snort, sniff or maybe drip? Noses stiffened in protest—to date, anyway—have either been ignored or shushed. Even the “see no/hear no/speak no evil” monkeys—depicted in eighth-century China—ignored noses.

And around and around we go again. Mason Resale Barn expands into the space where Community Thrift Shop has been operating. And Community Thrift Shop moves back to the square. Into its own permanent space (which used to be the old post office). Around we go. All around town and beyond. Taking note of the overlooked or taken for granted. Lamplight Design. Home Health of Mason, Kimble & Menard now in new quarters on Hwy 87 north of the square. Across the road, Harold Zesch & Co. Which ...

Putting up bird feeders is a bad idea. Not only does it lead to bird dependence, creating a welfare state of the avian world, and encourage the birds to make a total mess of any lawn furniture in the area, it can also get you killed and eaten by a bear. Now, I’m not saying it’s necessarily common for people who feed birds to become bear doots, but it could definitely happen, based on a story that recently emerged from the foreign country of Massachusetts, and sent to me by several alert re ...

Habit #5 Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Mason Elementary is a Leader In Me School. This year the students at Mason Elementary have been learning about the 7 Habits of Happy Kids and how they can be used in our everyday lives. Currently we are learning about Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood.

The Mason Lions club met Tuesday, April 9th, for its regular weekly luncheon meeting. There were 35 members and one visitor in attendance. Lion John Palacio was responsible for the program and spoke about happenings at the City of Mason, mainly the wastewater treatment plant. John said the City had gotten the "go ahead"

“BREAD, the staff of life!” However, this was to have been interpreted, the loaf of bread that is in the bread drawer, still is not molded and not hard. The expiration states to “Use by January 5, 2013.” There is something that I have with bread that doesn’t happen with just anyone.

A day of fun, fellowship, learning and delicious food was enjoyed (see accompanying photo) by the United Methodist Women of Art, Trinity and Hilda as we gathered for our annual Mission Study. This year’s study was on Immigration, based on the book, Immigration and the Bible-a guide for radical welcome by Joan M.

“Porous bones” is the literal meaning of the word osteoporosis. In the United States, over 25 million people are affected by osteoporosis. Eighty percent of these are women. As I mentioned in previous articles, osteoporosis is not just a calcium deficiency problem, it occurs when bones are torn down faster than they are rebuilt for various reasons. Osteoporosis is broken down into 3 types.

Last Monday, April 8, we had a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Commission and I would like to take a few minutes to share a few things that were discussed and decided. As is true of every Commission meeting there were several items of “housekeeping” that we have to deal with to keep things running smoothly and that do not require much thoughtful consideration.

Our Dinner Tonight! Healthy Cooking School in Brownwood was a success. I got to taste many of the recipes, and here are 2 more of my favorites. This guacamole was SO good, and I could not taste the “secret” ingredients at all! I am going to try it with even more peas- it just made the mixture thicker but didn’t affect the taste one bit.

Next time you come into the library foyer, take time to look up—up to the south and up to the west—and you’ll see something new and beautiful. On the west side you’ll see Rosemary Davis’s painting. On the south side, you’ll see two paintings by Sheri Wheeler. Placing permanent art in the foyer has been a goal of the Library Board.

Kinfolks and neighbors threw an 80th anniversary reception for my Uncle Mort and Aunt Maude the other day. It was a sunny afternoon of fretful breath-holding that violent springtime weather predicted would take a different route. And it did. No doubt Mort had a hand in preparing invitations. They stated “no gifts expected, unless from charitable hearts without any reservation.” (Yep, he arranged for these words to be in bold face type.) Gifts and gift cards covered the kitchen table, and ...