One Pharmacist's View

A few years ago I had a dental appointment up on the 3rd floor of the VA in Oklahoma City. It led to another and then another. It is a unique feeling to be sitting in that chair. No, it’s not just the discomfort its mostly the “dread” that something terrible is about to happen.

Favorite Movie Houses and Horses Our great personality shapers, the local movie houses, have just about all vanished.The Dixie over at Holdenville was reduced to ashes long ago as was the stately old Main which stood bravely on Main Street in Stonewall so many years ago.

The Green Corn Revolution The “Green Corn Revolution had, as its home, Allen, Oklahoma.Allen’s history never fails to amaze. Nor do the farmers of 1915. As usual they were living in hard times.

How Depressing Is DepressionCan we ever understand what we mean by saying someone is depressed? Recordings in the Bible called depressed people demon possessed. The “crazies” of those times were thought to be possessed by devils.

Can we ever understand what we mean by saying someone is depressed? Recordings in the Bible called depressed people demon possessed The “crazies” of those times were thought to be possessed by devils.

Spring and Paul It’s happened before and I suppose it will happen again. The spring season just can’t seem to get by the staying power of a lingering winter. I remember a spring (about 1952) over at Stonewall. I was at church and the topic was about hardships and sufferings.

I remember one nice day in Oklahoma 75 years ago when I volunteering to drive my grandfather, Will W. Armstrong, down to Wister for a visit with his daughter. I was the only one handy that day and besides, being a teenager with a new driver’s license, I looked forward to the trip.

Allen History Marches On Allen has had several tornadoes over its life but the most recent one had its own unique qualities. Only twister I know of that placed a heavy rider mower on its owner’s roof.Or leave “Skeeter” Hogue scratching his head over whose roof was laying on his own roof.

Where does a person go after death? We need to understand one thing from the beginning.When you draw your last halting shallow breath on this earth, from that point on, you are winging it on your own, with no one to run interference for you.Family ties mean nothing in eternity.

Is It Spring Yet?Well, it’s closer than you think. Daylight savings time starts this Sunday. Again. Not sure if I like that, but I am hard to please. Unlike one of my old customers who sincerely thought DST was burning up his garden — I am just lazy enough to dislike changing my clocks.