One Pharmacist's View

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.

It is generally believed that the 1918 flu epidemic infected 500 million people. The actual death toll is unknown but thought to be between 40 and 50 million.

Home Improvements I was visiting with my younger son this weekend and we talked about the modernimprovements we had been promised for our future. Yes, we saw the “wonder-car”film showing the man who pushed a button on the dash turning it into an airplane, and him, its owner, flying it away to work.

Life in Nicaragua Many years ago, in 1957, I found myself on an unexpected stop at a town in Nicaragua.

It’s the end of 2023 and I say good riddance. It’s been the best of times and the worst of times. Oh wait! That’s what Charles Dickens said in his book “Tale of Two Cities.” I remember my English Literature, Flossy Grogan teacher making us read this over at Stonewall.

Christmas Memories Christmas seems to always steal in on me, reminding me again how fast time passes.Time seems to catch all of us unaware. It continues, relentlessly.Sometimes it steals our loved ones from us.

About Getting Old It was tough on me turning 80. The girls at the newspaper had already put my 80th in the paper.It was now a public fact.None have yet shown me the respect that I had expected to see. When my grandpa turned 80, we threw him a big party.