By John Toth The Bulletin When I was running around in the school yard in the third or fourth grade, I fully expected to graduate from...

By John Toth The Bulletin After my sixth cruise in two or three years, I am finding myself to be a guide to other cruisers not as...

By John Toth The Bulletin I was sitting in the stands, waiting for my grandson’s T-ball game to start. Around me, parents were cheering...

By John Toth The Bulletin I told some friends that I don’t have a will yet, and they were puzzled. “What do you mean you don’t have a...

By John Toth The Bulletin The year was 1968. It was Easter, and I was an altar boy at St. Stephen of Hungary Catholic Church in the upper...

By John Toth The Bulletin I was on my way to Spring Break in Miami with a friend. We were going to do what all students do in Miami on...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

By John Toth The Bulletin I answered The Bulletin phone in early January 2019. Ernie Williamson was calling. “I picked your paper up at...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By John Toth The Bulletin Four Bulletin readers have been randomly selected for a chance to win free tickets to Moody Gardens Festival of...

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...