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AUSTIN—The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) has approved funding of 976 grants in its first funding round for fiscal year 2022. The grants total over $11.6 million and will go to nonprofits and units of government in 121 Texas cities.

The irony was not lost on us that this week’s program would make the women of the WCTU roll over in their graves if they knew we invited a whiskey distiller into their beloved building where we hold our meetings.

This is a variation of several online recipes that called for peach preserves. I had very sweet, ripe, fresh peaches that I smashed with a potato masher. You can put peaches in a blender for a less chunky version. We grill our pork, but this can easily be cooked in a 400-degree oven for 20 minutes.

Anna Booze brought us the Rotary program featuring our local Jimmy Buffet aficionados, the Canadian River Beach Club, featuring Lacy and Spencer Hanes and Brian Gallagher (in photo above).

On Friday night, I was contacted by the museum’s former exhibit designer, Bill Green. He was letting me know that a mutual friend of ours had passed away earlier that day.

We are reaching that point in remodeling where we seriously question whether we will ever be done. After we finally found a plumber, we thought our worries were over, and progress began briskly.