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This has been a year that defies explanations. I spoke with my parents a week or so ago.

If you haven’t driven by the brand new, almost-finished, nursing home, let us pique your curiosity. Mesa View Senior Living flips traditional nursing homes on their heads, through its physical environment, philosophy of care, and workforce model. Hemphill County Hospital District will be one of the first “household model” nursing homes built from the ground-up in Texas.

It’s the season for all things scary, and I found myself wondering how many people are actually looking for more things to frighten them this year. There is a new horror movie about Zoom that is supposed to be terrific … and I won’t be watching it.

I was served these potatoes, and I have no dispute with the name. The secret ingredient is the mayo—you need real egg mayonnaise for this recipe. Crusty, flavorful, tender potato planks—just amazing. From Allrecipes.com.

Cabbage is at its peak this time of year. Here is a delicious and easy side dish using green cabbage. This recipe comes to us from Tina Jarosek, taken from Madhur Jaffrey’s Quick & Easy Indian Cooking.

Near perfect weather was the icing on the cake for this year’s jubilant Fall Foliage Festival. The legions of visitors who always flock to this corner of the Panhandle every third weekend in October in search of the elusive turning of fall foliage, once again arrived in droves. Canadian’s colorful canopy of cottonwoods created the perfect ambiance to welcome guests to our own celebration of the season.

In June of 2019, the Dumbauld family knocked off an item that had been on their bucket list since before their marriage. They took an eight-day trip to Alaska to fish and sightsee, and fish they did! In their tour package, each person was allotted 50 pounds of fish to take home.

INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup dried rice vermicelli 8 rice paper wrappers, dried 16 shrimp, cooked 16 basil leaves 16 basil leaves 1/4 cup cilantro leaves 1 cup lettuce leaves, chopped 1/4 cup mint leaves 1 carrot, grated 1 tablespoon lime zest, grated PREPARATION: Place wrapper into hot water until pliable. With moist hands, place wrapper on damp tea towel.