October 28, 2026  Folks along El Camino Real are getting ready for Halloween and a time change all in one night.  Church pews will be filled with wiggling, sugared up...

October brings welcome changes to East Texas: cooler mornings, community gatherings, football, fall festivals, and children looking forward to Halloween. It also brings...

 Folks along El Camino Real finally got the cold spell they have been waiting on, but it came with no rain.  It did set the mood for lots of outdoor activities, but it...

  Folks along El Camino Real enjoyed a beautiful Columbus Day weekend.  I wonder if Christopher Columbus ever dreamed we’d be having a special day...

I reference the fact that this is a commentary because this article is based on my opinion of the failure of the municipal leadership of the City of Rusk and my personal...

The Texas Senate Economic Development Committee met Sept. 22 with “Preparing the Texas Workforce for AI” as an explicit agenda item. Lawmakers are asking how education and...

  Fall has finally arrived along El Camino Real, and the mood of folks is rapidly changing.  The cooler mornings have lifted spirits and put smiles on people’s faces.  The...

  October is getting so close that folks along El Camino Real can almost smell it, but it is still way too hot to imagine that we are already one day into fall and several...

Early in life, I learned that adults had their own language. They spoke English, but it was interspersed with phrases that had been handed down for...

Folks along El Camino Real have been running wide open since the first of September. With school starting back, football games, fall gardens, and getting ready for deer...

  This is the column I wrote 25 years ago, the week after 9/11 on September 20, 2001.  People that were too young to remember that day can’t even imagine the hurt we felt...

The phoenix is a mythological bird renowned for its extraordinary life cycle, characterized by a long lifespan that can extend for centuries or more. When the phoenix...

  Folks along El Camino Real are settling into all the usual fall activities even though the first day of fall is almost three weeks away on September 22.  Try keeping a...

Recently we’ve reported and printed letters to the editor about the goings on with the Rusk municipal leadership. Problems with city manager, code enforcement officer, city...

  Folks along El Camino Real are eagerly awaiting the coming of fall to East Texas.  I promised myself that I wouldn’t write about how hot it is in this week’s column, but...