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(1) Casey Roby will discuss the Historical Bottling Works Museum at Silsbee, Texas, about 7:15 p.m. on Monday, July 5, 2021, for the Deep East Texas Archeological Society at the Iris and Anne Howard Civic Center on 213 East Court Street in Newton Texas. For more information, contact President Ruth Dusan at (409) 379-5496 or Dickie Dixon at (936) 671-1419
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In my journey of learning to live a simpler life, I discovered hygge. You probably have seen hygge on your social network along with a beautiful picture of a winter night, with blankets, a hot drink, and a fireplace. It’s a very relaxing image. It makes you feel warm and relaxed just looking at the pictures of hygge.
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The Ursulines, an order founded in Italy by St. Angela Merici in 1535, was the first group of Catholic teachers to come to North America where they established schools in Quebec in 1639. The sisters, who had been in New Orleans since 1727, were the first order to volunteer for service in the new state of Texas. In January 1847 seven Ursulines, headed by Josephine (Sister St. Arsene) Blin, arrived in Galveston, and on February 8, at Bishop Jean M. Odin’s request, opened the Ursuline Academy, Galveston, a Catholic day and boarding school for girls, the first institution of its kind in Texas.
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(1) Photo of crowd at marker dedication. (2) Photo of Art Watson.
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Have you noticed your fur baby scratching a lot more in the last couple of weeks? Well, the weather is getting warmer, and that means the fleas are multiplying like crazy. The fleas always get worse with the warm weather here, and before you realize it, you are fighting fleas on your dogs and cats, in your house, and your yard. This problem can be a very pricy battle to get rid of all the fleas that have popped up overnight. Plus, using all those chemicals on your animals and around your house can make us all little nervous about the long-term effect this will have on our animals and us. Let me suggest a couple of cheap chemical-free things use in your battle on the summertime fleas.
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Change. Some of us love it. Some of us dread it. No matter what we do, there is no way that we could ever escape change in our life. Actually, change is the only constant in life. Who doesn’t like the efficiency and the comfort of a well-practiced routine? It’s normal to crave certainty and stability. As much as we would like things to remain the same, they rarely do. As a result, we end up feeling anxious, frustrated, and, or unhappy.
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Do you find yourself with not enough hours in the day to get all you need to get completed? This seems to be my life’s story. Never enough time. Juggling what we MUST do and what we WANT to do can be daunting at times. We must take ownership of our time to keep normalcy in our lives. With that being said, I have been...
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