Leon Hale

A blog featuring Houston Chronicle columnist Leon Hale

Let’s observe International Book Week

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My old friend Bob Compton, retired book editor  of the Dallas News, says on Facebook that this is International Book Week. If you want to help observe this special week, here’s what you do: Pick up the book nearest you, right now. Turn to Page 52. Count down to the fifth complete sentence on that page, and […] [Read More]
Categories: General

Have you ever been mugged?

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For some reason or other I’ve lately been wondering how it would feel if I were walking in the park and some bad actor came up and  stuck a pistol in my back and said, “Give me your money or I’ll shoot you dead.”  Did that ever happen to you? Or anything similar, in which […] [Read More]
Categories: General

The sky is falling, and it is wet

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Hey, wake  up, everybody! Rain! Rain at Winedale, Texas where rain never falls. I bet we’ve had 3/10th of an inch already, I can still hear thunder, and weather.com is showing more showers creeping up from the coast. Shout it from the housetops! Go tell it on the mountain! Rain is falling at Winedale! Falling on both […] [Read More]
Categories: General

Did he ever mention those sins in the stock tank?

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Well, I’ve had  enough of tools but if  anybody wants to keep posting about saws and blades on backward and what SAE means and how you almost cut off your principal parts while building a dog house, just post away. Or somebody  can pick another topic if the spirit moves you. How about Girl Scouts […] [Read More]
Categories: General

Nice wrenches but they don’t fit

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Like the fellow said, women are hard to please. My partner had a birthday  recently. Well in advance, I  asked what she’d like as a gift. She said, “I need a nice little tool set, with pliers and screw drivers, so I can fix things. ” I went to the hardware store. It didn’t have what  […] [Read More]
Categories: General

Folks say we’ll have an early fall this year

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Here in Washington County, I haven’t been anywhere the past few days except to the grocery store and the post office, and I’ve heard four people say they expect an early fall and a long winter. I haven’t heard a reason for this expectation. Wishful thinking? When we acquired this little chunk of rural Texas, […] [Read More]
Categories: Sunday columns

Nothing but the truth

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Did I ever tell you about the education I once received from a Spanish goat? I may have. Sometimes I forget what I’ve told and what I haven’t. But this goat was important in my life because she taught me how to get out of tight spots without telling lies.  I am talking about my early […] [Read More]
Categories: General

And the answer is: Z-z-z-z-z-z-z

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On the guessing game, we let the noon deadline pass by about 15 minutes, in case any of the posters wanted to keep guessing. Because nobody, not quite, guessed exactly what I  did  on my Sunday  afternoon off.  I was a little surprised that anybody cared, but we got a few responses. Some of the guesses were […] [Read More]
Categories: General
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