https://sotlj.com/2026/03/24/3225/2026-03-25T00:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2026/03/14/an-unrelenting-gnawing-at-my-soul/2026-03-18T18:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/07/04/a-re-interpretation-of-the-declaration-of-independence-for-americans-today/2026-03-09T12:41:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/11/02/wsmd/2025-11-03T03:06:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/10/22/a-little-stream-of-consciousness-tonight/2025-10-26T03:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/10/22/fear-the-political-weapon-that-calls-on-us-to-sacrifice/2025-10-23T05:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/06/13/how-to-celebrate-flag-day-nov-14-2025/2025-09-13T19:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/02/28/remembering-father-williams/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49630939803_741970affc_3k-1.jpg49630939803_741970affc_3khttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49630947618_916e99f01b_5k.jpg49630947618_916e99f01b_5k2025-09-13T19:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/09/13/goodbye-facebook-2/2025-09-13T19:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/06/05/tax-reform-again-and-how-you-may-still-be-able-to-help-your-isd/2025-06-13T13:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/04/12/goodbye-facebook/2025-06-02T19:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/05/24/once-more-from-hell/2025-06-02T01:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/05/26/preaching-this-morning-rev-springsteen/2025-05-26T12:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/05/23/good-morning-from-hell/2025-05-24T00:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/04/11/voices-of-a-new-silent-majority-defending-democracy/2025-05-24T00:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2025/02/17/brazosport-moving-down-from-the-big-city/2025-04-11T02:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2024/11/16/a-prayer-for-our-country/2024-11-17T18:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2024/05/28/one-year-nine-months-and-two-days-of-silence/2024-07-01T03:05:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2022/06/25/the-sanctity-of-life-as-it-applies-to-the-common-street-urchin-school-shooter-gang-member-and-teen-suicide-victim/2024-07-01T03:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/05/26/on-a-more-positive-note-our-legacy-of-hope/2024-06-24T20:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/08/06/j-r-richard-remembered/2024-06-08T11:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2024/06/01/its-a-beautiful-morning/2024-06-18T19:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2024/05/31/sometimes/2024-05-31T10:20:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2022/08/26/to-my-fellow-methodists/2024-05-27T10:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2022/05/08/annie-jr-the-joy-of-theater-is-for-everyone/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/52055238083_8b86923012_k.jpg52055238083_8b86923012_kOliver Warbucks and Annie sing and dance (very well, by the way)https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/52055923272_5964f75cd1_k.jpg52055923272_5964f75cd1_kOrphans - You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile2022-05-08T21:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2022/02/25/ready-to-re-up/2022-02-27T00:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2022/02/07/hidden-treasures-lj-downtown/2022-02-08T01:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2022/01/19/the-lion-in-winter-opening-friday-night-at-brazosport-center-stages/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/51829246158_2cb77c5c35_c.jpg51829246158_2cb77c5c35_chttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/51828120022_a9ecf0211a_c.jpg51828120022_a9ecf0211a_cThe kids at play in Henry and Eleanor's dysfunctional family.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/51828293772_e22d4f3683_c.jpg51828293772_e22d4f3683_c2022-02-02T17:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/12/09/today-we-remember-theresa-jackson/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/50982938323_9cc8d4c89e_k.jpg50982938323_9cc8d4c89e_k2021-12-09T17:11:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/12/06/a-workshop-made-to-order-for-sotlj-readers/2021-12-07T06:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/11/26/dont-despair-so-much-good-people-with-grit-find-a-way-to-win/2021-11-29T18:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/11/25/a-thanksgiving-wish-a-poem-from-sheenagh-pugh/2021-11-27T04:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/11/11/veterans-day-and-a-thought-about-vaccinations-and-masks/2021-11-14T00:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/09/24/sehon-warneke-the-legend-of-lake-hardware/2024-10-23T18:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/09/08/speaking-up-and-speaking-out-for-children-and-teachers/2021-09-24T21:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/09/21/open-mic-night-at-the-school-board-i-play-the-gray-card/2021-09-24T21:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/09/01/baseball-its-better-than-hollywood/2021-09-01T20:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/08/26/ezra-klein-on-assessing-the-ugly-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/2021-08-26T12:28:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/08/21/enjoying-a-memory-on-a-bad-news-day/2021-08-24T15:45:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/08/12/are-they-finally-beginning-to-see-the-simple-truth-behind-the-big-lie/2021-08-13T04:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/08/11/g-droppin-with-greg/2021-09-06T03:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/08/03/trumpies-go-get-vaccinated-we-love-you-enough-to-want-to-keep-you-alive-and-voting/2021-08-03T14:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/07/15/mimi-swartz-in-the-new-york-times-on-texas/2021-07-18T15:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/07/18/another-news-source-for-lake-jackson-the-source/2021-07-20T15:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/04/11/i-meet-the-patron-saint-of-accountants-a-visit-from-st-matt/2021-05-15T19:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/04/27/how-i-used-the-lockdown-to-re-join-american-society/2021-07-08T01:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/04/07/on-national-poetry-month-margaret-renkl/2021-04-07T16:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/03/26/rage-and-rampage-is-it-really-about-mental-health/2024-05-27T10:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/03/16/brazosport-center-stages-an-iliad-opens-march-19-in-the-glen-at-brazosport-college/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/51043974541_9888126e1b_c.jpg51043974541_9888126e1b_cWes Copeland rehearsing a dramatic re-telling of The Iliad. He performs the role opening night, Friday, March 19.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/51043977727_e11f632f4c_c.jpg51043977727_e11f632f4c_chttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/51043899211_a7b0d2bd9b_c.jpg51043899211_a7b0d2bd9b_c2021-03-17T23:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/03/04/a-big-ol-howdy-from-neanderthalia/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_0230.jpgimg_02302021-03-08T20:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/03/01/advice-for-duolingo-language-students/2021-03-05T20:10:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/02/27/say-their-names-solemn-reminders-of-the-cost-of-systemic-racism/2021-02-27T20:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/02/14/happy-valentines-day-eleven-months-in-isolation-and-reading-your-way-into-depression/2021-02-21T14:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/25/recommended-reading/2021-01-26T02:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/25/day-319-in-coronavirus-house-arrest-watching-the-big-kids-play-fortnite/2021-01-26T01:43:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/21/your-arthur-shows-off-his-renewed-patriotism-and-pride-in-having-served/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50857398317_8f39f8252a_c-e1611251927128.jpg50857398317_8f39f8252a_cI found it appropriate that our last president was found to be unqualified to serve by a condition that affects heels. I have never made much of my stateside years in the U.S. Army because I actually got more from it than I gave: GI Bill, some great administration experience, and, best of all, a year to live in Colorado. Others gave their lives - whether they believed in the cause or not. Thus I am not inclined to stand and take applause and TYFYSs on Veterans Day. But Donald Trump made me very proud to be a veteran and proud to fly the flag of the United States of America.2021-01-22T15:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/20/welcome-joe-and-kamala/2021-01-21T16:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/20/one-half/2021-01-20T12:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/06/fourteen-one-half/2021-01-19T19:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/07/thirteen-one-half/2021-01-19T21:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/08/twelve-one-half/2021-01-19T19:44:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/10/ten-one-half/2021-01-19T19:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/11/nine-one-half/2021-01-19T19:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/12/ten-one-half-2/2021-01-19T19:42:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/13/seven-one-half/2021-01-19T19:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/14/six-one-half/2021-01-19T19:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/15/five-one-half/2021-01-19T19:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/16/four-one-half/2021-01-19T19:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/17/three-one-half/2021-01-19T19:40:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/18/two-one-half/2021-01-19T19:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/19/one-and-one-half/2021-01-19T19:38:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/09/eleven-one-half/2021-01-09T17:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/03/seventeen-one-half/2021-01-05T16:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/05/fifteen-one-half/2020-12-31T20:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/04/sixteen-one-half/2020-12-31T20:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/02/eighteen-one-half/2020-12-31T15:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2021/01/01/nineteen-one-half/2020-12-31T15:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/12/31/twenty-and-one-half/2020-12-31T15:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/12/30/twenty-one/2020-12-30T14:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/12/28/twenty-three/2020-12-29T12:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/12/29/twenty-two/2020-12-29T12:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/12/25/merry-christmas-from-south-of-town/2020-12-25T18:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/12/16/279-days-in-lockdown-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/2020-12-21T13:19:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/25/page-a06-e-edition-thefacts-com/2020-11-27T22:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/25/thanksgiving-thought-a-poem-by-sheenagh-pugh/2020-11-30T19:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/21/michael-morris-from-the-outside-it-looks-familiar-opinion-thefacts-com/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/30289451616_f00e9ead09_k.jpg30289451616_f00e9ead09_kHow I missed the protests of the 60s. Luckily my duty in 1968-70 was in Fort Carson, Colorado. My sacrifice for my country was minimal. And I never mention it without noting the willingness of others of my generation to make the greatest sacrifice in the service of their nation. Will we ever have that kind of national community again? When a draft from the general population could provide the manpower to fight foreign wars in the faith that our leaders may know what they are doing. They didn't. But, still, my fellow citizens stepped forward when their nation called.2020-11-22T18:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/16/bringing-a-knife-to-a-gunfight/2020-11-17T12:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/13/2020-a-silent-generation-lament/2020-11-14T03:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/11/day-244-still-in-lockdown-and-trying-to-decide-if-things-are-getting-better-or-decidedly-worse/2020-11-12T16:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/05/11/iii-our-bitter-legacy-and-a-mothers-day-greeting-from-the-united-methodist-church/2020-11-11T21:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/07/there-is-a-crack-in-everything-thats-how-the-light-gets-in/2020-11-09T17:27:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/06/nothing-i-can-add-to-this-stephen-colbert-reacts-to-djts-pathetic-performance-from-the-wh-briefing-room/2020-11-06T16:19:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/04/the-morning-after/2020-11-04T15:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/11/02/do-you-think-it-may-be-time-to-try-democracy/2020-11-02T20:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/10/24/bible-verse-of-the-day-cmon-man/2020-10-27T03:34:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/10/24/some-thoughts-on-the-election-from-over-there/2020-10-24T16:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/10/17/an-insult-that-must-be-answered/2020-10-19T15:42:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/10/17/vote-for-the-masked-man-its-important/2020-10-17T14:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/10/11/a-little-neighborly-competition/2020-10-13T12:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/10/12/a-thought-for-today-from-the-poetry-foundation/2020-10-13T14:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/10/04/trump-without-makeup/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/50359949702_edd43e0a17_c.jpg50359949702_edd43e0a17_c2020-10-07T15:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/09/20/an-open-letter-to-senator-cornyn/2020-09-22T02:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/09/15/heads-i-win-tales-you-lose/2020-09-18T14:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/09/13/quote-from-a-distant-friend/2020-09-13T19:48:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/09/04/another-mind-boggling-day-in-the-trump-years-and-day-177-in-covid19-lockdown/2020-09-05T12:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/09/03/homeward-bound-kyle-albertson-and-the-st-lukes-united-methodist-church-choir/2020-09-04T18:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/08/19/there-is-a-new-superstar-at-brazosport-center-stages/2020-08-19T15:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/08/13/day-155-the-surrounding-darkness-and-a-crack-of-light/2020-08-15T12:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/08/02/twenty-weeks-in-isolation-144-days-or-a-gross-of-days-when-will-the-rats-return-and-liberate-us/2020-08-14T03:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/21/lockdown-days-128-131-venturing-out-just-a-little/2020-07-22T12:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/15/pipophobia-the-epidemic-that-seems-to-affect-only-republicans/2020-07-15T19:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/13/classtime-for-white-folks/2020-07-13T20:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/11/remembering-our-friend-ed-christman-1947-2020/2020-07-11T18:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/06/graduating-before-the-pandemic-and-after/2020-07-06T21:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/04/getting-some-friends-together-to-dress-up-and-pretend-youre-having-dinner-with-the-queen/2020-07-04T17:55:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/03/lost-in-the-pandemic-christmas-visits-with-grandchildren/2020-07-03T15:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/02/lost-in-the-pandemic-group-hugs/2020-07-02T22:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/07/01/remembering-the-days-of-our-innocence-eating-from-the-party-table/2020-07-01T23:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/06/30/maybe-you-miss-it-maybe-you-dont-shaking-hands/2020-06-30T20:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/06/21/101-days-into-the-lockdown-ljs-slow-awakening/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/50006440026_ef4f4fbb66_k.jpg50006440026_ef4f4fbb66_kParents and graduates of Chapelwood's 2020 senior class are greeted with drive-by congratulatory messages from church members. Members of this class is heading off to esteemed institutions including Brazosport College (my favorite), Texas A&M University of Colorado (Boulder), and Trinity University. 2020-06-30T11:39:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/06/29/things-we-took-for-granted-big-summer-musicals/2020-06-30T19:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/06/28/the-way-we-were-the-things-we-took-for-granted/2020-06-29T15:29:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/06/25/day-105-a-lesson-in-handling-bad-news-the-inspiration-of-la-lydia/2020-06-25T20:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/06/08/the-world-burns-with-moral-outrage-what-is-a-76-year-old-white-man-to-do/2020-06-10T15:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/05/27/a-memorial-day-meditation-danby-white/2020-05-26T11:45:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/05/23/walking-lake-jackson/2020-05-24T02:37:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/05/12/our-old-water-oak-goes-down/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49883995223_736c2349bd_c.jpg49883995223_736c2349bd_cNo rings to count. The old tree fed a lot of bugs and woodpeckers over the years. A family of raccoons once lived on the bottom floor. We could see them with a flashlight through a hole in the root just above ground level.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49883971943_2afe31841e_c.jpg49883971943_2afe31841e_cGoing down! Good job Hughes crew.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49883966783_5f537504e4_c.jpg49883966783_5f537504e4_cMr. Hughes cuts across the trunk of an old water oak in our back yard. Note the vertical crack that runs from the bas all the way up into the low branches. 2020-05-12T19:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/05/08/five-minutes-that-can-help-you-stay-sane/2020-05-09T17:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/05/04/summing-up-after-the-plague/2020-05-05T18:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/05/03/item-5-restore-the-civil-service-enough-of-the-shallow-state/2020-05-03T16:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/28/americas-list-of-things-to-fix-when-the-pandemic-subsides/2020-05-03T02:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/30/my-post-pandemic-to-do-list-for-america/2020-05-03T02:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/05/02/item-4-repair-and-restore-public-education/2020-05-02T17:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/24/abandon-all-hope-not-just-yet/2020-04-30T20:30:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/30/post-pandemic-fix-no-3-did-you-say-raise-taxes/2020-04-30T19:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/29/post-pandemic-to-do-list-for-america-thing-number-2/2020-05-01T17:07:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/21/day-40-april-14/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49788759821_14f4e07774_k.jpg49788759821_14f4e07774_kHome (temporary) for a few LJ residents.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49788763341_ab13a24d42_k.jpg49788763341_ab13a24d42_kA bed that does not look so comforable.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49788768586_32b734802c_c.jpg49788768586_32b734802c_cHanging out the jeans to dry.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49789321026_5019994d1d_k.jpg49789321026_5019994d1d_kReading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. --Mason Cooleyhttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49786021916_efacc13147_k.jpg49786021916_efacc13147_kCourage as defined by America's Cowboy: "... being scared to death but saddling up anyway." It is what America's health care workers are doing at the beginning of every shift. 2020-04-23T18:53:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/13/day-32-lake-jackson-coronavirus-lock-in/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49769509678_7a1d622cae_k.jpg49769509678_7a1d622cae_khttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49770368707_1264ad8278_k.jpg49770368707_1264ad8278_khttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49770368412_7fce33fe16_k.jpg49770368412_7fce33fe16_khttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49770072391_23de87b0b8_k-e1586828165990.jpg49770072391_23de87b0b8_kMy Army duffel bag contents 50-plus years after being released from duty ca. January 19, 1970. https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49770398152_6cf860d6ab_k.jpg49770398152_6cf860d6ab_k2020-04-18T15:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/04/06/day-25-of-lake-jackson-lockdown/2020-04-07T21:11:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/03/30/stay-positive-be-safe-youre-awesome/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/49712328293_b7f5269cfe_k.jpg49712328293_b7f5269cfe_kA Message from the kids on Bougainvillea in Lake Jackson for all the people who are sharing their fears about COVID-19. 2020-03-30T21:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/03/23/a-note-from-wes-copeland/2020-03-23T20:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/03/18/so-hows-the-coronavirus-spiral-in-lake-jackson/2020-03-21T20:48:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/07/23/we-lose-an-old-friend-don-sanders-houston-music-legend/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/7503086518_f45555ea0d_k.jpg7503086518_f45555ea0d_kDon Sanders, July 1, 2012, during a visit to Lake Jackson.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/7502630586_edeb91a961_k.jpg7502630586_edeb91a961_kVisiting with Don in 2012.2023-07-10T21:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/11/20/november-21-1963/2020-01-23T20:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2020/01/17/a-sign-of-things-to-come-opening-day-at-enron-field-april-7-2000/2020-01-17T21:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/12/24/the-president-discusses-wind-energy-with-young-people/2019-12-24T20:34:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/12/12/a-thought-for-the-democrats-in-congress/2019-12-16T15:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/10/16/bad-politics-even-worse-entertainment/2019-10-17T14:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/09/19/showing-now-at-brazosport-center-stages-the-miracle-worker/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48724869812_86353f3feb_z.jpg48724869812_86353f3feb_zhttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48724660971_e8cecf3f70_k.jpg48724660971_e8cecf3f70_khttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48723640001_17cc6cf021_k.jpg48723640001_17cc6cf021_k2019-09-26T18:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/09/24/stop-the-second-guessing-enforce-the-constitution/2019-09-24T20:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/08/31/angry-depressed-and-getting-older-while-trump-wrecks-our-democracy-try-this/2019-09-09T16:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/08/17/happy-birthday-brazosport-center-stages-we-are-75/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/10363178863_2d02374181_o.jpg10363178863_2d02374181_oHere is Thomas Edison in "Camping with Henry and Tom" sitting at a camp site in the woods after Henry Ford wrecked one of his Model Ts on the way to our site. You can't see it, but my mind is wracked with misery trying to remember the list of hardwoods necessary for a good campfire. Harding and Ford didn't know much about science and nature. This photo is by Katie Christman, a real photographer.2019-08-19T18:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/08/10/astros-23-orioles-2-some-memories-of-what-it-is-like-to-be-on-the-losing-end-of-a-game-a-season/2019-08-11T04:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/08/07/an-open-letter-to-my-u-s-senators/2019-08-09T02:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/07/17/ugly-doubles-down-how-ugly-will-it-get/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/48327179267_d067bde109_o.jpg48327179267_d067bde109_oA caricature by DonkeyHotey from a gently manipulated photograph of the 45th president of the United States. Used with permission. See more of DonkeyHotey's work at https://www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/2019-07-24T18:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/07/04/what-a-day-to-be-sending-money-to-the-irs/2019-07-24T18:37:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/01/18/sometimes-it-helps-to-keep-a-list/2019-07-24T18:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/07/14/at-bcs-shrek-the-musical/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/48253133931_7abc5708a4_k.jpg48253133931_7abc5708a4_khttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/48273655762_ed85f640b5_k.jpg48273655762_ed85f640b5_k2019-07-14T20:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/07/03/the-democratic-debates-a-team-of-rivals/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_1403.jpgIMG_14032019-07-04T03:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/06/17/here-stands-a-clear-winner-choose-the-path-of-most-persistence/2019-06-19T18:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/06/05/mental-illness-update/2019-06-06T02:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/05/20/o-k-nancy-its-time/2019-05-21T02:04:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/05/07/this-family-could-use-a-little-help/2019-05-06T16:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/05/06/theres-a-fire-in-the-attic/2019-05-06T20:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/04/27/burying-bodies-in-the-basement-has-never-been-so-much-fun/2019-04-27T21:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/04/24/some-basic-information-about-immigration-and-the-need-for-a-comprehensive-policy/2019-04-24T16:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/12/25/a-prayer-at-christmas/2019-04-12T03:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/04/10/i-fetch-my-morning-paper-april-2019/2019-04-10T23:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/03/15/my-new-favorite-player/2019-03-16T12:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/02/28/methodists-stay-put-we-have-work-to-do/2019-03-05T16:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/02/22/710/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image_572544611409567.jpgimage_5725446114095672019-02-22T19:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/02/15/699/2019-02-16T17:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/02/01/the-benefits-of-deleting-your-facebook-account/2019-02-11T02:45:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/02/01/opening-tonight-at-brazosport-center-stages-smokey-joes-cafe/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/46951428401_73c9194b4a_k.jpg46951428401_73c9194b4a_khttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/32002037447_dbb1e1c2a3_k.jpg32002037447_dbb1e1c2a3_k2019-02-03T21:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/01/25/we-give-texas-a-speaker-of-the-house-dennis-bonnen/2019-01-26T17:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/01/20/growing-up-white-in-texas-how-i-remember-mlk/2019-01-21T00:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2019/01/10/breaking-the-senate-republican-shutdown-letter-writing-time/2019-01-10T17:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/12/22/598/2018-12-31T04:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/12/02/four-more-performances-of-the-brazosport-fine-arts-centers-elizabethan-madrigal-feast/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/46021455261_b59730295c_k.jpg46021455261_b59730295c_kPetruchio sweeps Katharina off her feet in the scaled down version of "The Taming of the Shrew" inserted into the Elizabethan Madrigal Feast 2018 edition.https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/32166493788_1c3e927785_k.jpg32166493788_1c3e927785_kThe Earl of Warwick, the Queen and other of the Earl's guests join in the message: "Welcome Yule". 2018-12-02T22:12:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/11/16/another-madrigal-another-madrigal-book/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30496958333_d183de2f15_k.jpg30496958333_d183de2f15_kMarc Davis performs in the 2016 Elizabethan Madrigal Feast at the Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences. He will be back this year in a Shakespeare role. The young dancer who is making this a worthy photograph is Summer Hughes. 2018-12-02T21:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/11/06/somebody-stole-my-beto-sign/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_0974.jpgIMG_0974Homemade Beto sign. He would be proud.2018-11-16T17:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/11/08/the-press-and-the-prez/2018-11-16T17:26:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/11/07/thank-you-beto/2018-11-07T14:13:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/11/01/d-day-november-6/2018-11-06T13:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/11/05/bring-back-checks-and-balances-go-vote-and-vote-for-democrats/2018-11-05T20:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/11/03/my-camera-captured-the-sl-bubble-about-to-deflate-in-1984-really/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30419778540_87c4daeb0b_k.jpgSee the savings and loan bubble go down, down, down.In March, 1984, American Savings and Loan Association did a little promotional activity in Lake Jackson hoping draw a few more depositors. Five years later they were insolvent. 2018-11-03T17:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/10/12/a-suggestion-for-the-trump-cabinet-talent-hunt/2018-10-12T21:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/10/06/trumps-bandwagon-hits-the-road-keep-the-faith/2018-10-07T12:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/09/27/i-meet-our-new-justice/2018-09-28T12:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/09/20/american-government-101-trump-version/2018-09-24T18:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/09/08/center-stages-opens-deathtrap/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/30668270528_4e0936666a_z.jpg30668270528_4e0936666a_zCraig Fritz, Devon J. Smith and Roxanne Strobel talk about the young playwright's (Smith's) first try at a murder mystery script on the set courtesy of Keith Plowman. 2018-09-14T14:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/09/13/471/2018-09-14T14:35:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/09/03/blessed-are-the-teachers-thewriterjean/2018-09-13T18:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/09/06/big-elections-november-6-are-you-registered-to-vote/2018-09-10T20:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/08/04/we-visit-with-adrienne-bell-district-14-candidate-for-congress/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/28912621797_ed8b71aee9_k.jpg28912621797_ed8b71aee9_kAdrienne Bell, Candidate for Congress2018-08-27T15:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/08/25/in-lj-the-times-they-are-achangin/2018-08-26T16:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/08/23/442/2018-08-23T20:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/08/22/chapelwood-adds-montessori-preschool-choice-in-lj/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/43149666735_2db4012593_k.jpg43149666735_2db4012593_kNew Montessori classroom guide, Rachel Silvas, shows one of the several maps that preschool students will work with this fall. In addition to the U.S. map, there is one for each of the continents. 2018-08-22T20:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/08/17/did-anyone-notice/2018-08-19T19:22:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/08/10/brazosport-center-stages-has-a-new-superstar/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/30097051538_244a4646d4_z.jpg30097051538_244a4646d4_zCraig Fritz, Superstar.2018-08-10T19:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/08/09/the-search-for-meaning-still-at-it-75-years-later/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/27027871557_ef1a9376a4_z.jpg27027871557_ef1a9376a4_zRev. Josh Lemons, Associate Pastor, Chapelwood United Methodist Church. In this photograph, he was rehearsing for the confirmation service that would take place the following Sunday.2018-08-09T20:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sotlj.com/2018/07/30/what-is-a-reasonable-lj-citizen-to-do/https://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/41055138595_d1240780bc_h.jpg41055138595_d1240780bc_hhttps://sotlj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/41055138595_18d506f5fd_z.jpg41055138595_18d506f5fd_zA photocaricature of Robert Francis O'Rourke by DonkeyHotey with permission under Creative Commons agreement. 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