In Favor of Snakes
Hopefully a few snakes will live on because of this, and folks will start to understand better that snakes are valuable members of our wildlife community [A Good Snake, November 2024].
Melina Baker, Cherokee County EC | Rusk
I had a corn snake pet I adopted. He lived for about 16 years. Junior loved humans but did not trust my two cats. Smart dude.
Diane Cabiness, MidSouth EC | Montgomery
Interpreting Maps
I know very little Spanish. I enjoyed the article [Found in Translation, November 2024]. I knew some of the names in English. It caused me to think of two towns with Spanish names. One is Cuero, which means leather. The other is Port Lavaca. Vaca means cow.
Ron Tietz, Medina EC | San Antonio
A Memory Burns Brightly
Raised on a farm in Wilson County, Kansas, I remember well when the area received electricity in the early 1940s [In the Beginning, August 2024]. That evening, the neighborhood was aglow as most had their yard lights on. The first appliance my parents purchased was a refrigerator, replacing the kerosene-powered one.
Thanks to the Rural Electrification Administration, those lights continue to burn brightly in my memory 80 years later.
Dick Stanley, Farmers EC | Greenville
Kindness in Kerrville
Folks who move to Kerrville, over time, become Kerrverts [Vegan Panhandlers, July 2024]. Nothing perverted is meant by it; it’s more about conversion.
In my case, it had to do with shedding a sort of crust acquired living my first few decades of life in a major metro area (Houston). A few years after moving to Kerrville, its pervasive aura of authentic kindliness and old-fashioned neighborliness softened my somewhat city-hardened exterior.
Kristin Mudry, Bandera EC | Kerrville
