I am not entirely comfortable writing blogs about Thanksgiving; I’ve done it once during my time as your friendly High Plains Blogger. I think I’ll do so today, for I have much for which to give thanks. I am thankful that I hit it out of the park on the first pitch when I married … Continue reading Giving thanks on this special day … and always
I am not inclined to publish blog posts such as what I am about to post today, but given that I note that High Plains Blogger includes “life experience” among its topics, I thought I would share this experience with you. It goes like this. I had just returned from the Army the previous summer … Continue reading This ‘life experience’ will last forever
John Kanelis has been a career journalist who worked in print journalism for 36 years until the end of August 2012. His blog covers the entire range of issues, most of them serious, some of them not so serious. He is an avid follower of current events and has no shortage of opinions to share … Continue reading About John Kanelis
Oh, brother. The Amarillo Independent School District plot is thickening. An Amarillo High School girls volleyball coach quits, citing parental interference into the job she was doing. She chastises the school board and administrators for failing to back her up. The board accepts her resignation. A resident files a complaint with the Texas Education Agency, … Continue reading AISD coach-resignation tempest picks up steam
I have just come home from a reunion of sorts. I didn’t know anyone else there, but it seemed like we were all brothers and sisters. An Amarillo restaurant treated veterans and active-duty military personnel to free meals tonight in honor of Veterans Day. My wife, Kathy, told me about it this morning. We decided … Continue reading That was some vets’ ‘reunion’
I’m beginning to grasp the perverted logic behind Texas’s concealed-carry handgun law. This morning, just before 11, knowledge of the law prevented me — I’m guessing — from making a potentially grievous mistake. My wife and I were traveling west on 45th Avenue after running our weekly breakfast date and an appointment with our chiropractor. … Continue reading Concealed carry’s perverted logic making sense now