Kevin at Fortworthology has gone on hiatus until May 22 — he will be missed. As for West and Clear, I’m not sure what has fueled their lapse in posting. Fort Worth Weekly headlines this week with a new story about an old problem, disconcerting emergency room conditions at the county hospital.

Julie at SilverSmyth is holding a jewlery party … Casa Mañana Children’s  Playhouse Presents “A Year With Frog and Toad” Through May 17 … Fort Worth Hole in the Wall gets chicken bones in a cassarole at Michaels … Rob at How to Make Coffee talks about what drives him to frequent the coffee shops and no, it’s not just Java, it’s community … Eva-Marie has details on schools reopening after swine flu quarantine at the Extra Credit Blog and Austin at Fort Worth Real Estate blog writes that a recent study suggested as many as 17% of DFW residents may be “upside down” on their mortgages, or owe more than their properties are worth. National average? 30%.

Not a great balance of good news to bad news overall.  But, as they say, life goes on, in Fort Worth as elsewhere, and I can’t complain, though sometimes I still do.