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Monday, Oct. 18 was Recognition of Women in Military Service day. Women were limited to working as cooks, seamstresses, and nurses in the U.S. military during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As of the twentieth Century, there are no more restrictions on what positions women can or cannot hold.

My journey this week concerns how we deal with emergencies. The word itself causes us discomfort and points to an immediate need of help. The Red Cross has a list for types of emergencies and tips for preparedness steps you can take on their website. In San Marcos, we have faced true emergencies due to flash floods, winter storms, the Coronavirus and highway safety. As in Aesop’s story of the Ant and the Grasshopper, having been forewarned is forearmed. Some folks work on disaster preparedness prior to the next such crisis, and others just “forget about it.” They end up in the same predicament again. Then they call 9-1-1. That three-digit telephone number is used universally in the United States as the reporting method for crimes, accidents and medical emergencies. We can be grateful for this fast and easy access to help when we are in crisis. Be aware that both Hays County and the city of San Marcos have Emergency Management offices. The Hays Informed blog provides a one-stop, coordinated information page designed for real-time emergencies.

It is hard to determine who created the brownie, but dessert devotees no doubt appreciation that individual’s now beloved creation.

Harvey Miller dedicated 54 years of his life in service to the San Marcos community. Following in the footsteps of this local activist and hero, the Dunbar Heritage Association and the city of San Marcos will hold its inaugural Harvey Miller Day of Service Saturday, Nov. 6 starting at 8:45 a.m. at Eddie Durham Park, 205 Martin Luther King Dr.

Two Texas State University theatre students, Manali Sunkara and Josh Kok, will star in Austin Shakespeare’s performance of “Bollywood Twelfth Night” from Nov. 5 through 21 at the Long Center’s Rollins Theater.

Container gardening through the winter is one of the great joys of living in the South and the new AquaPots have eliminated the last of the anxieties: watering and feeding. We all are used to watering and applying fertilizer in the summer, but it has been somewhat of a mystery or roll of the dice in the winter.

The Aquarena Springs Symphonic Band (ASSB) will return to the Price Center’s 1910 Room stage this Halloween via a fundraising performance at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31. Trick or Treat and Talent Too! will feature the 30-piece community band performing a selection of Halloween-inspired music. Dr. John Schmidt of Texas State University’s music department will be highlighted as guest pianist. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume as the event will include a costume contest for adults and kids. Treat bags will also be provided to children in attendance.

First off, let me make you a red-hot offer. I have a big bush just off my back bedroom deck and it is covered in tiny, BB-sized red and orange peppers. Chili pequins.