top of page
Informative
Entertaining
Local
Since 1994
Nov 5, 20241 min read
Renaissance Festival free ticket winners
The Bulletin has partnered again this year with the Texas Renaissance Festival to enable some of our readers to travel back to “an era of...
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...
Oct 8, 20243 min read
From my first county fair in 1979 to our 30th fair issue
By John Toth The Bulletin Since the Brazoria County Fair is going on, it’s just appropriate that I write about my experience with county...
Sep 24, 20243 min read
Guys, don’t let feeling embarrassed keep you from treating breast cancer
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin As I rolled out of the hospital in my new wheelchair, a doctor stopped me. “Take care of yourself,” he...
Sep 24, 20243 min read
My annual trek to get a physical and lifesaving advice
By John Toth The Bulletin I drove to the doctor’s office for my annual physical recently to make sure that your favorite columnist...
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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...
Sep 2, 20243 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20243 min read
Daughter’s first car, dubbed ‘Christine’, acted strange
By Edward A. Forbes The Bulletin In 1997, my daughter, Chanie, had just turned 15 years old and received her driver’s learner permit. I...
Aug 13, 20243 min read
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, 20244 min read
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, 20243 min read
Generator during storm provides power, family time
By Edward A. Forbes The Bulletin It’s only a tropical storm they said, but Beryl showed them. A modest intensification was all it took to...
Jul 30, 20244 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20244 min read
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, 20244 min read
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, 20244 min read
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...
bottom of page