The textbox is quite ironic, don’t you think? Considering Cherry and Olive both live outside of town, a drive anywhere is already a drive outside of town. Unless they are driving into town, I suppose.
When Jules Rivera took over this strip, she made Cherry a resourceful, feisty, but likeable person with the same strong family ethic as before, and having enough personality and grit to carry her own stories. In a way, that was similar to the earliest portrayals of Cherry, when she was still single and had a pet bear.
Still, Rivera’s personality edits for Cherry were a good improvement! But over time, Cherry’s personality and demeanor have changed (as they did before Rivera). She may still possess a strong family ethic, but I’m no longer certain of the other qualities. Granted, sister Olive Pitt has a troubled past and is prone to argument, physical interaction, and taking charge. In fact, she has some of the qualities Cherry used to have. But Cherry seems to have little patience or trust. She demeans Olive’s self-improvement efforts with her leading questions. Some sister!
The Daily Trail 
It’s like May sez:
In Texas the lid blew off the sky a long time ago
So there’s nothing to keep the wind from blowing
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A good poem about one characteristic of Texas, Downpuppy. It felt like that when I visited my great-grandmother in her home in Carthage, Texas, though the poem suggests (to me) the western part of the state.
I hadn’t realized Garrison was “back on” public radio, albeit in this format. But it certainly fits. I also enjoyed the “On this day” story about Jack London. I recommend to you the new Netflix movie, “Train Dreams.”
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Not exactly a flattering image of Cherry in the first panel. Cherry as the dumpy hausfrau, Ja?
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I agree, and I’m glad you brought it up first, instead of me! I was a coward and didn’t want to be accused of sexism. But yeah, the imagery is blatant and stereotypical. It falls in line with my observations of how Rivera is altering Cherry’s persona, not for the better.
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