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The train ride: How my mother and I escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to the West
By John Toth The Bulletin It was a busy day on March 6 while I was working on The Bulletin, when I realized that this was not just...

Mar 113 min read
Publishers have no plans other than to keep printing The Bulletin
By John Toth The Bulletin “Someone told me that you and Sharon are retiring and moving away,” said a friend and advertiser. “Tell me it’s...


Feb 243 min read
I turned car mechanic, but it became too complicated
By John Toth The Bulletin It was one of those very warm winter days when I decided to turn on the van’s air conditioner, just for a...


Feb 173 min read
It was a beautiful snowfall, then back to warmth
By John Toth The Bulletin I was out like most other Texans along the Texas Gulf Coast folks on that wonderful morning when it snowed on...


Feb 103 min read
Nothing like getting a random check engine light out of nowhere
By John Toth The Bulletin I used to be able to take apart the carburetor on my 1969 Buick Skylark, rebuild it and put it back together....


Feb 33 min read
Thank you, Ernie Williamson, for being part of The Bulletin
By John Toth The Bulletin I answered The Bulletin phone in early January 2019. Ernie Williamson was calling. “I picked your paper up at...


Jan 273 min read
Early Bulletin days and fax machines
By John Toth The Bulletin I was looking over one of my monthly statements and found a charge for faxing services. It was only a few...


Jan 203 min read
For a while, I was worried about becoming forgetful
By John Toth The Bulletin She left her new smart watch at the house and wanted me to turn back to get it. I wouldn’t do it. We were...

Jan 133 min read
A few minutes in Ice Land is enough freezing weather
By John Toth The Bulletin I have mentioned before that cold weather and I don’t get along too well. But I make an exception once a year...


Jan 63 min read
Mystery stench in car located at unexpected place
By John Toth The Bulletin We recently escaped to the hideout, all five of us - two humans and three cats. We have made the trip many...


Dec 30, 20243 min read
Celebrating New Year’s Eve for the first time in the U.S.A. New Country, new year, new friend
By John Toth The Bulletin It was a cold winter night in a country where I did not speak the language,nor knew anyone other than my...


Dec 17, 20243 min read
Heartwarming tale of Christmas in a foreign land
By John Toth The Bulletin It was Christmas, the first one either of them had spent away from family. In a strange country, where they...

Dec 9, 20242 min read
Bulletin readers win tickets to Moody Gardens Festival of Lights
By John Toth The Bulletin Four Bulletin readers have been randomly selected for a chance to win free tickets to Moody Gardens Festival of...


Dec 9, 20243 min read
For the first time ever, I lost one of my credit cards
By John Toth The Bulletin I was busy finishing up my daily Bulletin chores when the phone rang. Sharon picked it up. The voice on the...

Dec 2, 20243 min read
My Krampus tale and Europe’s dark side of Christmas
By John Toth The Bulletin We have this weird tradition in the United States that one month before celebrating the birth of Christ, we get...


Nov 25, 20244 min read
Customer service is not much help with new phones
By John Toth The Bulletin My quest to bring my cellphone status into the 21st Century quickly became a complicated web that was partly my...


Nov 11, 20243 min read
I bought the most expensive cellphone of my life
By John Toth The Bulletin My hunt for a newer cellphone for a good price took a turn for the worse before taking another turn for the...


Nov 5, 20243 min read
I finally broke down and bought a newer cell phone
By John Toth The Bulletin My cellphone is running out of memory, which is a sign that I should buy another one. Another sign is that I...

Oct 21, 20244 min read
We received a reader’s contest entry almost two years late
By John Toth The Bulletin A few weeks ago, we received a contest entry in the mail from Andrew Cromwell of Lake Jackson for a Festival of...


Oct 14, 20243 min read
We tried to fly to Germany, but forgot our passports
By John Toth The Bulletin We were running late already. The plane was leaving in less than an hour, and we still needed to get to the...
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