Len Bourland

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2020 Hindsight: At Last, 2021

January 1, 2021December 31, 2020 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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Dog Days of August

August 3, 2020July 29, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Community, Dog Days, Len Bourland, Park Cities, preston hollow, Voices

They’re here. Actually, they’ve been here since July: the dog days of summer.

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‘June is Busting Out All Over’

June 9, 2020June 29, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, coronavirus, COVID 19, June, Len Bourland, Opinion

“June is busting out all over; the feeling is getting so intense…”

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Silver Linings

June 3, 2020June 29, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Len Bourland, Living Well, Park Cities, preston hollow, Silver Lining, spring, Walking

What a spring! It’s been volatile both in the weather and our lives.

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Spring is Going Viral

April 14, 2020June 29, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, flu, Global Pandemic, Len Bourland, Opinion, spring

Aaah April. Sunshine, flowers, Easter.

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Thinking Big For Texas

March 20, 2020June 29, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments 200, 2036, Column, Community, Dallasite, Len Bourland, Opinion, Texas, Texas 2036

Texas is big sky country, and its people are the landscape.

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Irritations Out in February

February 18, 2020February 13, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, February, Len Bourland, Opinion, Park Cities, preston hollow

What do answers, combs, debts, phlegm, and February have in common? Those pesky silent letters which drive kids nuts on spelling tests.

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