A Pioneer Christmas

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Literally since 1865 when New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley coined the phrase, “Go West, young man,” heading toward the Pacific and all parts in between has been a desired destination.  But I’m here to tell you despite it being 2023, this life in the West...

The Holiday Hustle

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I understand that despite the concept that math is hard, there is a finite number of days in a year – 365 to be exact.  I also understand that 359 days in each and every year, the same thing happens:  Christmas.  What I don’t understand is despite that fact that I...

Christmas Champions: Ho, Ho Happy!

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher December has only just begun, and the joy of Christmas is already well underway!  I’ve heard a lot from my friends about their Christmas wishes – time with family and friends, a new household appliance (I question that), a break from the daily grind (I get that),...

Top 10 Champagnes for the Holidays

the drunken cyclist By Jeffrey M. Kralik, Ph.D.  | www.thedrunkencyclist.com  – Every year at this time I hear it, and I bristle. It drives me absolutely crazy, and for years I fought it down to the last fiber of my being (or at least to the last bubble of the bottle). It seems like just about...

The Spirit of Giving In Fort Bend ISD

I am not going to talk about the Sugar Land 95.  I am not going to talk about VATRE.  I am not going to talk about school vouchers.  This column has never been about politics, and I am not going to start now.  I am going to talk about the Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD).  I want to...

DARKROOM A Beacon of Light for Young Adults

As a father of three sons, Sugar Land dad Randy Templeton is like most dads:  concerned about his children.  And his concern isn’t limited to his own teens; he’s also concerned about the middle and high school students he is involved with in the programs at his church. “Students today are...