Encourage people to try a little rhinestone cowboy kindness
By Shirley Prihoda The Bulletin My first child, Jerry Frank Gilcrease, who for the too-short years he lived on this side of glory, loved...
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Our 28th Year of Publishing
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
Adventures of a Father’s Day lunch
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin Father’s Day was all set. We would meet my daughter’s family at the restaurant at noon. I hadn’t picked...
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
Web makes it easier to buy specialty items
By John Toth The Bulletin I buy everything I can locally, preferably in my hometown so that the sales tax I pay goes to the city I live...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 4 min
My iceberg started with breathing problems, continued in ER
By Shirley Prihoda The Bulletin The past two weeks have been an adventure, not the “Indiana Jones” type of adventure, when the good guy...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 4 min
Tough part about moving is waiting to move
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin Here I sit in our house on the San Bernard, surrounded by our lives in pieces. Some pieces are packed...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
Happy birthday to The Bulletin
By John Toth The Bulletin I wanted to buy a radio station. Sharon, my wife, wanted to start a weekly newspaper. We arrived at a phase of...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
Why I hang out at the local library
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin I love libraries. Some of the reasons are purely practical. I realized 10 years ago when I became...
- Jun 21, 2022
- 4 min
Grandchild No. 8 will soon join the ‘jumping up and down’ club
By Shirley Prihoda The Bulletin There was a time - and frankly it seems only yesterday - when my grandchildren would jump up and down...
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
I’m in a real pickle over a new game gaining popularity
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin Can you guess the nation’s fastest-growing sport? A clue: It has a goofy name. According to the Sports...
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
Writing business has changed since I started writing
By John Toth The Bulletin I sat down to write a column and then got busy doing other things, but I left the tab on the computer open,...
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
Things my father taught me
By Edward A. Forbes The Bulletin I sat in my kitchen, filling my pill packs with two weeks’ worth of medications and supplements I take...
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
Jan is moving to higher ground, but her columns continue
By Janice R. Edwards The Bulletin I’ve been lucky enough to write this column (along with my husband, Roy) for a couple of years now....
- Jun 14, 2022
- 4 min
The other side of Father’s Day: It’s hard to celebrate without a father
By Shirley Prihoda The Bulletin When John Toth, The Bulletin’s editor, asked me to write an article appropriate for Father’s Day, there...
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
Cheap gas hunting is harder for people in accessible vans
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin As a disabled driver, there are few chores I hate more than filling up my accessible van with gasoline....
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
Stick shifts are on the way out, even in stubborn Europe
By John Toth The Bulletin I am always proud to let people know that my first car was a stick-shift Volkswagen. I learned how to drive it...
- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
When the world turns upside down, there is always faith
By Shirley Prihoda The Bulletin Faith is like a good mystery book. Once you begin to savor the nuances and possibilities, you can’t put...
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Working my way up to flying, with my wheelchair in tow
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin Since becoming a paraplegic 10 years ago, I have overcome challenges. I can dress myself, bathe myself,...
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Call me crazy, but I like summer along the hot Texas coast
By John Toth The Bulletin Bring it on, summer heat. Dish it out all you want. I’ll take it and ask for more. Summer is my favorite time...
- May 31, 2022
- 4 min
Why not give God a chance to give you a second chance?
By Shirley Prihoda The Bulletin If you like the company of older people, which I do since I am now an “older people,” most statements...
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
Why are so many people flocking to Wordle online?
By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin My college-bound granddaughter challenged me to an online word game. No problem, I thought. I was, after...
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