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The Camp Family Cemetery located just about a mile east of Navasota off Highway 90 is in itself a history book with the grave markers its pages. Other than the Camp family, there is another historical grave that is not a part of the unique Grecian Mausoleum that Malcolm Ira Camp built onsite for his immediate family over 10 decades ago. That is the grave of Miriam Best Forrest Luxton located within a corner of the Camp Cemetery fenced area. It bears the Hannibal Boone United Daughters of the Confederacy historical #523 marker that was erected and dedicated in 1924.
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This week I’ve watched a number of programs about AI, aka artificial intelligence. From what I hear, it’s another pig in a poke being embraced by techie elites who either don’t realize the potential ethical problems associated with AI or they have no ethics, ergo, what ethical problems? But then again, Covid did a really good job of planting the seed that it’s OK for someone else or some ‘thing’ to do our thinking for us.
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Friends, this is one of my favorite stories, so buckle up – it might get bumpy. But first, some background – my friend Robert and I had been part of the Junior R.O.T.C. program at our high school in North Louisiana. This would have been about 1984 or so and we had already been on many crazy adventures; this is just one of them.
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I’ve been brainstorming for a while now about who my first interview should be. I really didn’t have a certain person in mind and have just been keeping my eyes and ears open to see who may pop up. At the Citizens University I met a nice man named Ernie McCraw. My husband David and I had a conversation with him after one of our classes a few weeks ago and I knew then he was the one! I absolutely love his energy. He has a great smile, is very kind and soft spoken, and loves his wife and children. When he speaks of them you can actually feel the pride.
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With Mother’s Day approaching, I decided it’s time to break my vow of silence regarding the phenomena known as Mothers Revenge. No, it’s not a late 60s rock band or a right wing/left wing female social movement but it IS real. I personally know mothers who’ve indulged in Mothers Revenge, even reveled in it, and trust me, it won’t end with my generation. Looking at our progeny’s progeny, I see a whole new crop of mothers queuing up after I’m long gone.
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Relax, folks – I’m talking about cars and trucks – not people. But you must admit that there are a lot of white vehicles on the road these days. In fact, BASF, the world’s largest chemical company released a study recently where they found that 39% of vehicles around the world were painted white. They say it is because of its “classic, timeless beauty and high resale value.” Black came in second place at 18% with gray in third at 16% and silver at just 8%. These percentages combined make up 81% of all vehicles painted in what is known as achromatic paint. What is “achromatic”, you might ask? It is the absence of color, white being the prime example.
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The impending closure of CHI St. Joseph’s MatureWell Lifestyle Center in Bryan has me on another rant about the sad state of health care these days. Add this to local corporate health care facilities leaking doctors like a sieve, patients’ complaints being blown off with disastrous results, and it’s just one more in a long string of disappointing and dangerous malpractices mal meaning “bad” – perpetrated on a vulnerable public. Health care facilities know they compromised the public’s trust during covid and have ramped up the marketing rhetoric but they remain misguided in their concern to adhere to Mission Statements and Values which promote “social justice” and “inclusion” rather than listening, treating and doing no harm.
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Subscriptions are appreciated but I am also asking merchants who don’t place ads in the Navasota Examiner to consider doing so. Before continuing, in the interest of full disclosure, I am a freelance writer for the Examiner and could benefit from additional ads.
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