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Columnist Must Take a Break

July 8, 2021June 25, 2021 Len Bourland 0 Comments Cancer, columnist, Fourth of July, Len Bourland, Park Cities, Park Cities People, Voices

Will this Fourth of July be Liberty Day?

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Bitcoin Birthday

June 14, 2021June 12, 2021 Len Bourland 0 Comments bitcoin, Column, Community, cryptocurrency, elon musk, Len Bourland, Park Cities, Voices

June is such a great month. It’s never too hot in Dallas, the evenings linger, and people are out and about, many with smiles as masks are coming off.

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Let’s Roar for Mothers and May

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Len Bourland 0 Comments April, Column, Flowers, Len Bourland, Mother's Day, Opinion, Voices

All mothers who survived this past year without succumbing to depression from severe cabin fever deserve applause.

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April Hope: Fertile Ground

April 19, 2021April 15, 2021 Len Bourland 0 Comments April, Column, Community, Dallas, Fertile, Len Bourland, spring, Voices

We are set for the most beautiful spring ever in Dallas. April Fools!

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No Fretting Over The Ides of March

March 31, 2021April 2, 2021 Len Bourland 0 Comments Beware the Ides of March, Celebrations, Community, COVID-19, Ides of March, Len Bourland, Milestones

Anniversaries by and large bring celebrations: birthdays, wedding dates, milestones.

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Escape from Groundhog Day

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Len Bourland 0 Comments 2020, 2021, Community, Escape from Groundhog day, Groundhog Day, Len Bourland, Park Cities, preston hollow, Punxsutawney Phil, Valentine’s Day

Fittingly, February kicks off with Groundhog Day when Punxsutawney Phil peeps out of his hole, looks around, and predicts the weather: If it’s cloudy, then comes an early spring.

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2020 Hindsight: At Last, 2021

January 1, 2021March 26, 2021 Len Bourland 0 Comments 2020, 2021, coronavirus, COVID-19, Len Bourland, New Years, Resolutions

“The vaccine is coming. The vaccine is coming!” Such comes the battle cry of 2021, so take that coronavirus.

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Peacefulness on Earth, USA

December 25, 2020December 15, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments 2020, Column, Community, Len Bourland, New Years, The Night Before Christmas, Voices

“And mamma in her’ kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled down for a long winter’s nap…” – from “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore

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Thanksgiving and Hozhoji

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, coronavirus, COVID-19, holidays, Hozhoji, Len Bourland, Thanksgiving, Voices

It’s impossible to predict, but with any luck, November will be bookended by a presidential election and the coming together of families and friends at that uniquely American holiday, Thanksgiving.

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Let’s Cancel “Cancel Culture”

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Cancel Culture, Column, Community, COVID-19, Halloween, Len Bourland, Voices

The iconoclastic notion that our American history, civilization, and culture is so offensive, abusive, punitive, and exclusive that it needs to be canceled out is becoming normalized.

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Texas Proud, But So Hot

September 8, 2020August 31, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID, Dallas, Len Bourland, Opinion, summer, Texas, Texas Proud, Voices

I’m refreshed. Huh? In this heat? I was fortunate to escape to Santa Fe, where the Wi-Fi is spotty and daily hikes a tonic.

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