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Island Life…by Clint Bennetsen

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 18 Mar 21 - 0 Comments

Surviving the Frozen Island Greetings from Matagorda Peninsula Island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and thawed out from our unprecedented freezing spell. To say that it was DANG COLD out on the island during those three worst days and nights, would be a grossly unjust understatement! That early Tuesday morning, […]

A Reason to Die by Erny McDonough

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 18 Mar 21 - 0 Comments

Easter is almost here. The bonnets are on display as is the new clothing that so many will purchase in the next few weeks. Yes, we are going to have our Community Sunrise Service and I trust I will see you there! We will come together to sing, “Because He Lives, I Can Face Tomorrow”! […]

ANTIFA The radical Lefts group “Antifa” can best be understood by studying their history and who they admire. They take their name from the German, “Antifaschistische Aktion” (Antifascist Action, commonly referred to as Antifa). It was a new paramilitary Communist “street-fighting’”group, formed in May, 1932 by the German Communist Party, KPD (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands). But […]

Fish Out of Water by Thomas Spychalski…

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 18 Mar 21 - 0 Comments

I think I have finally smoked my last cigarette and it is funny it was not half as hard as it seemed when I wrote this four years ago for this column, on one of my previous attempts to quit: “…The idea [of quitting smoking] fills me with apprehension and fear, even though from the […]

Island Life…by Clint Bennetsen

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 22 Feb 21 - 0 Comments

Preparing For Coldest Island Temps Yet Greetings from the island. I hope that all of you are doing well and survived the frigid cold that we had this past week. As I sit here at my little kitchen table on the 13th, ( Happy 59th Birthday to me ), the arctic cold is set to […]

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