I took the working out and shopping without-a-phone challenge
By John Toth The Bulletin We got into the van, and I started driving to the gym. It’s something that I wish we would do more often. But...
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- Sep 2
- 3 min
Industrial accident, WWII claimed my grandfathers
By John Toth The Bulletin If your grandfathers are still alive, give them a big hug and tell them you love them. That’s what I have never...
- Aug 26
- 3 min
It’s the beginning of the end – of another summer
By John Toth The Bulletin Labor Day weekend has always signaled the end of “what day is this, anyway?” The following Tuesday, I would be...
- Aug 20
- 3 min
Runaway technology is not always our best friend
By John Toth The Bulletin I am a boomer geek who prides himself on solving tech problems of all kinds. But every now and then, the...
- Aug 13
- 3 min
I finally came to terms with being a senior citizen
By John Toth The Bulletin Hi, my name is John Toth, and I am a senior citizen. They tell me that I have been one for quite a while. I’m...
- Aug 6
- 4 min
My transition from summer to back to school
By John Toth The Bulletin Welcome back, students. How was your vacation? Please sit down and open your textbooks to chapter one. At the...
- Jul 30
- 4 min
How we managed to relocate 9 possums, 2 raccoons
By John Toth The Bulletin A couple of months ago I noticed that the cat food I left out on my porch at night was gone, and often the food...
- Jul 23
- 2 min
Five Bulletin readers win free Moody Gardens Palm Beach tickets
By John Toth The Bulletin We’re a week late announcing the winners of the Moody Gardens Palm Beach free ticket contest give-away. A pesky...
- Jul 23
- 4 min
Hurricane forecasting now drags out as computers guess where storms might land
By John Toth The Bulletin This play-by-play hurricane reporting can play on one’s nerves. Where will it go? When will it turn? How strong...
- Jul 16
- 4 min
These aren’t your grandfathers’ cruise ships, although boomers enjoy them as much as kids
By John Toth The Bulletin When I was younger, I frowned upon cruising because I thought it was just for older people who like to play...
- Jul 2
- 4 min
The inside story of how The Bulletin got started
By John Toth The Bulletin In December, 1992, my brother-in-law and I went to Walmart in Angleton to shop for Christmas presents and came...
- Jun 25
- 3 min
My annual eye exam didn’t go so well
By John Toth The Bulletin I dislike going to the optometrist each year because of the machine that shoots a puff of air onto the eyeball....
- Jun 18
- 3 min
If it’s summer, crowded and hot; it’s time for a Toth family vacation
By John Toth The Bulletin Family vacations were my specialty when the kids were little. I planned it out to the last little detail,...
- Jun 11
- 3 min
So close, yet so far, as it lay on the bay bottom in Roatan, Honduras I tested my diving abilities trying to retrieve my camera
John almost loses his go pro in the Honduras on his most recent cruise.
- Jun 3
- 3 min
Even in the hot tub, pool or beach, I take my cruise ship reporting duties seriously
By John Toth The Bulletin You might think that when I take a cruise it is all fun and no work. It is a lot of fun, but I also work on...
- May 27
- 3 min
Why summer feels so good; how to make the most of it
By John Toth The Bulletin If April showers bring May flowers, then what do May showers bring? We found that out this spring -...
- May 21
- 3 min
Why I so fondly remember my 1974 graduation
By John Toth The Bulletin I walked down the aisle, wearing my cap and gown, thinking of how the summer was just starting and would last...
- May 13
- 3 min
Property values in Brazoria County are soaring, but there is something we can do about it. Here is how I have kept mine down over the years.
By John Toth / The Bulletin It’s a good thing I was sitting down when I opened the 2024 notice of appraised value of my house. I received...
- May 7
- 4 min
Dreams of my old apartment make for special Mother’s Days
By John Toth The Bulletin I was watching our 25-inch color television in the living room, and my mother was making dinner in the kitchen....
- Apr 23
- 3 min
What country is this; what’s my new name?
By John Toth The Bulletin One of the pitfalls of country hopping as a refugee in the 1960s was that my name changed each time we landed...
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