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May 2, 2025
\\ Violent storms are expected to continue today through the central states and possibly into Missouri. Damaging hailstorms may occur in...

Andy Pate
May 2, 20251 min read
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Putt Prattle - May 1 '25
Mike Waltz is no longer head of our national security. Instead, he will soon be our ambassador to the United Nations. Waltz's problems...

Andy Pate
May 1, 20252 min read
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April 30, 2025
He still has time to recoup and return to the forefront of presidential respectability, But Donald Trump is sinking in the polls, rapidly...

Andy Pate
Apr 30, 20252 min read
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April 29, 2025
Putin has called for a three-day truce, May 8-10, in his country's seemingly endless war with Ukraine. We wonder--yes, we do--why he did...

Andy Pate
Apr 29, 20252 min read
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Unusual Places/People/Animals I've Lived in or Near in My 90 Years
Livingston UM Whooping Crane Tree, Goose Island As Astrodome1999 Our Lady of Refuge Rice, Shamrock, St....

Andy Pate
Apr 24, 20251 min read
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Refugio's Master Artist
By Putt. On these pages we have said a great deal about the fine athletes who've come out of Refugio but barely mentioned the guy who...

Andy Pate
Apr 15, 20251 min read
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Andy Pate
Apr 13, 20250 min read
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When a President Enjoys Losing More than He Does Winning
Only recently, amid "Our World Tariff Crisis," have we discovered who Donald J. Trump really is, a guy who enjoys losing more than he...

Andy Pate
Apr 8, 20252 min read
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It's Long Past Time for them to Speak Up!
They've been silent for way too long. For decades now, they've had their mouths shut when those mouths should have been wide open and...

Andy Pate
Apr 7, 20252 min read
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When Last Words Are the Most Important
In delivering a speech perhaps the first step you must take to be successful is to get the attention of your audience. Its members could...

Andy Pate
Apr 5, 20252 min read
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The Crippling Separation That Escapes the Wonder of Oneness
I saw a photo a couple of days ago that disturbed me greatly, and still does when I look at it (see below). I don't recall ever seeing...

Andy Pate
Apr 3, 20252 min read
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Apr 3, 20250 min read
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Queen Eleanor and Her Want-a-be King
Eleanor Sparks was a very attractive young woman. She was short in stature but had a lovely profile, a nice figure, and extraordinarily...

Andy Pate
Apr 1, 20251 min read
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For Me and My Carol, the Bell is Ringing
I don't know whether I can rightly say that I fell in love with her on first sight (I was 9; she was 7). But I can say I think such...

Andy Pate
Mar 29, 20252 min read
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Polls and Our Pitiful Politics
A good friend, Rube Cage (deceased) had an avid interest in anything political but when the polls would come out during candidating, he...

Andy Pate
Mar 28, 20251 min read
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Tales in Orange and Black - #5
by Putt I begin with another story connected to the 1953 Bobcat Team that lost to Huntsville in the state semi-final. It must have been...

Andy Pate
Mar 26, 20252 min read
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Towers and Flowers
In a 2001 RHS alumni reunion held in Kerrville for accommodation purposes, the guest speaker, Joe Galloway, told the best alum story Putt...

Andy Pate
Mar 25, 20251 min read
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Speed, Size or Strength - What Makes for a Great Cat (Football Team)?
The fastest human (usually a male) can run three laps around a 440-yard track in right at 3:00 minutes; a real-life bobcat can run a mile...

Andy Pate
Mar 18, 20252 min read
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