Rushing's Ramblings

(published in the local newspaper as part of my board member duties as the Publicity Chair on the Cultural Enrichment Society Board.)   The amazing john Arthur martinez, Drew Womack, and Pauline Reese will grace the shores of Lake LBJ on September 20 in the outdoor pavilion behind Quail Point Lodge in Horseshoe Bay beginning at 7:30 p.m. HSB’s Cultural Enrichment Society is sponsoring these talented musicians. Tickets purchased online at hsbenrichment.org are $10 each, with 100% of the proceeds going to the musicians. Due to the Governor’s guidelines, the audience is limited to 150 people, with social distancing and masks required. Attendees should bring their lawn chairs and beverages. Donations to the artists are encouraged at the event.   HSB is fortunate that the superstar songwriter/musician, john Arthur martinez, lives close to us in a neighboring town. john Arthur came to prominence in the music world after winning second place in the American Idol-styled country music ...

  Dear Editor,   When the laundry load was removed from the washing machine, every piece of clothing was covered with small, white, almost lint-like pieces. Whenever I emptied the dryer filter, it was filled with several handfuls of white fragments. And that stuff was impossible to remove from clothing, even with a lint remover. So, if lint weren't the culprit, what in the heck was it? I wondered what in the world caused it.   Throughout the day, I worried that something was wrong with the washing machine and would cost a lot of money to fix. Was there something clogging the hoses that ran into the machine? If I had left a Kleenex or paper towel in a pocket, it would have never resulted in the volume of white pieces removed from the dryer. It just didn't make sense.   When it was time for bed, I started looking for the latest issue of Texas Monthly. I searched everywhere. It wasn't on my nightstand, and it wasn't on the coffee table. I even looked in the recycle bin....