Opinion

Whether or not you’re ready to get back to normal, your governor is.

Dear Editor,

By the time most of you read this, my son Gideon will have marched across the gymnasium floor and received his high school diploma.

When this legislative session comes to an end on Memorial Day, Texas will still have more uninsured residents than any other state, and a higher percentage of uninsured residents, too.

My late father once confided his belief in “universal knowledge.”

Writing for a newspaper has been a life-long dream of mine. Seriously. I dressed up as a reporter for Halloween in the third grade, complete with a briefcase and pencil behind my ear. Although in practice, I learned a reporter’s gear is more like a 20 ounce Yeti filled to the brim with coffee and a tape recorder; and this year in particular, my signature supplies were hundreds of sticky notes up on my kitchen wall mapping out everything I needed to explore, research, investigate and explain, trying to keep up with the whirlwind of 2020.

Texans remain wary of the coronavirus, but are much more willing to go out, and to take part in activities that seemed a lot riskier just a couple of months ago.

Misery loves company, but it’s cold comfort that many of you — like me — still haven’t filed your 2020 income tax returns.

Some very important issues are dull.

Dear editor,

Since you asked, my niece Claire is expecting her first baby in August. Her sister Emma is expecting her second child in October.