Golf gave the world a gracious word: Mulligan. Like a lot of good stories, there are several versions of how the word came to be. Golf historians still debate the true origin. My favorite traces back to a golfer named David Mulligan in Montreal during the 1920’s. The story goes that after hitting a poor … Read more
There are a few things a man can lose and still recover. Money can be made again. A job can be replaced. A bad season can pass. Even a reputation, if the damage wasn’t too deep, can sometimes be rebuilt with enough time, humility, and proof. But integrity is different. When a man loses that, … Read more
Dennis Postiglione Rebuilding from the Rubble of Moral Failure A person’s life can instantly fracture due to betrayal, addiction, dishonesty, rage, cowardice, or self-destruction. We all make mistakes and accumulate regrets over time. That is part of being human. Some decisions, however, are life-altering and well beyond the scope of a simple mistake. Few people … Read more
The Signature We Leave By the time this issue reaches your hands, Independence Day will be just around the corner. Across Kendall County, flags will be flying. Families will gather around backyard smokers and picnic tables. Children will wave sparklers long after sunset, and somewhere over the Hill Country, fireworks will light up the summer … Read more
In Kendall County, people don’t hand out respect easily. They’ll notice talent. They’ll show up on a Friday night and watch a kid throw it, hit it, or run past everybody on the field. But respect is a different transaction. It takes time, and it usually comes down to one question that nobody asks out … Read more
I was introduced to this story years ago by a dear family friend, Jackie Cargill. Jackie was one of those steady people every town hopes to have…thoughtful, respected, and committed to making things better. In Brownfield, he served in leadership in many ways, and on April 29, 1997, while serving as Development Director, he wrote … Read more
There’s a certain kind of lie a man tells himself that doesn’t sound like a lie at all. It sounds responsible. It sounds patient. It sounds like he’s thinking things through. He tells himself that once things settle down, once the schedule opens up, once the timing is right, that’s when he’ll get serious. About … Read more
If you spend enough time around Kendall County, you start to notice something. The things we’re proud of didn’t happen by accident. They didn’t just show up one day fully formed. The schools, the churches, the businesses on Main Street, the land that’s been cared for and passed down, even that quiet sense that this … Read more
No one writes headlines about the countless ordinary decisions where someone quietly insisted on doing things the right way. There is a moment that shows up in almost every room. It happens in board meetings, classrooms, family conversations, and small-town committee gatherings. The discussion moves along normally enough until someone says something that makes the … Read more
There are men whose names end up etched into stone, and there are men whose work becomes so foundational that no one remembers who laid it in the first place. William “Bill” Whitworth belongs firmly in the latter group. His life does not read like a résumé. It reads like a ledger. Work done. Responsibility … Read more