By Curtis K. Shelburne: Religion columnist I love words. Perhaps I’ve not fallen into epeolatry yet, but it’s always fun and interesting to meet a new word. (Like “epeolatry,” which is “the worship of words.”) One of the best places I’ve found to discover new words and interesting things about words of all sorts is […]
Preacher shares a love story
July 13, 2008
In case you missed it, Pastor Curtis Shelburne writes about “a funeral and the depth of family love” in his latest column:
Good enough for Elvis
May 4, 2008
Carolyn Curd writes for The State Line Tribune: “Elvis Presley and numerous others have recorded ‘Mansion Over the Hilltop,’ a hymn written by Ira F. Stanphill, who was born at Bellview, up the road from Texico.”
Bedbugs bite nobly in pursuit of world peace
January 27, 2006
By Ryn Gargulinski: Local Columnist TUCUMCARI — New York City is being eaten alive — literally — with a bedbug epidemic. Yes, those infamous creepy creatures of nighttime rhyme have infested the Big Apple, where they’ve been chewing their way through town worse than those squirmy worms depicted in cartoons. Alas, you may ask, why […]
Old letter should be taken to heart
January 5, 2006
By Curtis Shelburne At the end of June 1940, Winston Churchill, one of my favorite historical figures, had not been prime minister more than a few weeks. Quite alone among world leaders at this point, he was bearing the terrible burden of struggling to keep the free world out of Hitler’s grasp. Knowing the pressure he […]
