One Pharmacist's View

In 1954 I was involved in taking my sister-in-law Judy back home to Spearman, Texas — A dusty town in the center of the dust bowl that whipsawed the Great Plains in the 1930s.The bedraggled panhandle town, like many in our part of the world had lost a lot of its population. But Judy had to go home.

Ain’t This A Wonderful Country! The wind was whipping my pants pretty hard and I could hear the dust hitting my car, parked there in front of the courthouse of Cimmaron County— Boise City, Oklahoma.

When I first moved to Allen in 1963 the news was there were "Haints" in the area. Yes, they were spotted around "Seed Tick Cemetery" and all around the South Canadian. Yes, Big Foot was alive and well in the Allen area.

Olden days in Oklahoma Whatever happened to all the old hardware stores in America?In Allen we have memories of some great hardware stores here such as Fritz Johnson operated.But it is long gone.His was located in the middle of downtown where the Allen Historical Site now sits.

Taking Care Of What You Have I was out mowing my front yard a few years back when my neighbor, the late Da - vid Jones, pulled his mower over to where I was. He did this sometimes when he wanted to talk. So, I pulled up and we be - gan to chat about this and that.

We Were Eclipsed A long time ago — well one week ago — the much heralded “North American Eclipse” came to Allen. Weather forecasters happily forecasted that we probably wouldn’t be able to see it anyway. Clouds they said. I watched all this with a sort of wishy-washy attitude.

A Battle of Words Back last October the Hamas launched a secret "Pearl Harbor Style" attack on Israel. The Israeli people had relaxed their vigil and were caught by surprise as the Hamas launched this surprise night-time attack along their border with Gaza. It was incredibly successful.

End of an Era The USS Johnnie Hutchins had reached the end of its road.It was an ice-cold morning with icy winds off the bay there in Bayonne, New Jersey.

When I speak of the country around Little Caston I think of a beautiful a little creek near where my Bullard grandparents lived  in  Leflore  County,  Oklahoma.In that long time ago in 1942, my brother Gerald and I were sent down there to help on Grandpa’s farm.

Skipping February What do you think about skipping February? And why? Well, just this.I don’t much like it.It’s too strange. Is winter about over just because the calendar says its February?No. In fact, some of our worst snows and ice storms came in this unneeded month.