Shanna (Sissom) Iverson News
Basin Beats & Treats: ‘Rotten bananas’ can inspire vitality
By Shanna (Sissom) Iverson | Feb 10, 2025
Did you know overripe, or rotten bananas are key ingredients for tasty banana bread? Well, I didn’t until a friend asked me to save, freeze and bring them to her. (Ever since, I’ve frozen “rotten” bananas, as I only like them green, or just ripe enough to unpeel.)
Basin Beats & Treats: A 5-year-old’s concerns about Santa
By Shanna (Sissom) Iverson | Dec 26, 2024
“Daddy, we can’t have our fireplace burning on the night Santa comes,” a little boy told his father, (as I overheard at Market Street in Midland).
Basin Beats & Treats: Baptist Republican and lifelong Democrat prove good bedfellows
By Shanna (Sissom) Iverson | Oct 21, 2024
With early voting in Midland underway, I’m reminded of my grandparents, and a world not so very long ago when U.S. politics weren’t nearly so divisive.
OPINION: Writer Returns to Writing Columns in Midland Times News
By Shanna (Sissom) Iverson | Sep 26, 2024
Greetings, fellow Midlanders. It’s been over a decade since I’ve written a column, but how exciting is this opportunity to be small part of such a positive news organization.