HCPL Blog

Never has a disclaimer been more important.   Let me be clear, this article is in no way financial advice and does not necessarily reflect the views of HCPL.   My degree is in English, not Economics or Finance, or Mathematics, or Accounting, or anything close to the knowledge people would need to

Around this time of year, it is not uncommon to find the Grinch and Scrooges of the romantic variety. Their sometimes-seeming abundance is easy to understand with a certain pink and red February holiday.

Harris County Public Library recently hosted a full, traditional graduation ceremony for some rightfully proud graduates of its Career Online High School program, many of whom took quite non-traditional paths to their diplomas.

It’s January! The time when we all take a good hard look at our lives and think about something that we want to improve about ourselves. For me, sometimes just existing is hard. It feels like the challenges of 2020 have lasted three years now.

Would you like to learn more about this interesting culture? If you never have the opportunity to visit an Amish community, the next best opportunity is to read a story about Amish characters.

          “It is never too late to be who you might have been.”  ~ George Eliot

When my father passed away I was left with quite a few duties to settle his estate. Far down on that list was going through some boxes of personal memorabilia, but finally having completed most of the taxes and settling of accounts, I got to work on some keepsake boxes.

“Goblin mode,” the Oxford English Dictionary’s 2022 Word of the Year is defined as “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.”