You have a lot on your plate.

What, with the kids and school, getting back to normal, pent-up socializing, paying bills and yikes, those food prices!

Joy Doss calls herself the crazy cat lady in the area. On her ranch near Sulphur Springs, she has a cat rescue operation and takes care of cat…

How would humans like it if hairdressers washed their hair with dog shampoo? They wouldn't. Neither do dogs like it when groomers wash them with human lavender shampoo and spray them with lavender perfume.

Many Texas lakes are stocked with hybrid striped bass as they can grow big — and they can and will control populations of shad in our Texas waters. In fact, over the years the hybrid, which is more tolerant of the Texas heat, has replaced the striped bass in many of our reservoirs.

FROM MY FRONT PORCH