June 2024

One of the many gifts I recently received for my 90th birthday was a jigsaw puzzle specially chosen by two of my grandchildren just for me. What kind of puzzle is that? Well, first of all, it’s a puzzle consisting of 500 pieces. Any puzzle over 500 pieces goes in the waste basket unbuilt. I […]

Back in the days when newspaper columns were popular, a well known daily columnist wrote a one-paragraph column which said essentially that he was not able to come up with anything to write, so this was his column for that day. His readers thought that “column” delightful! Having written over 1,500 newspaper columns over the

My father always appears in my heart on Father’s Day, though he passed away a long time ago. This is my favorite picture of him, as he holds my twin brother and me on his lap. If I would post a photo of him in the blue denim overalls he wore to work, that only

One of my most favorite vintage family pictures came from my wife’s family rather than from mine. It was a picture of my wife’s mother, a recent college graduate, and about five of her young women friends, eating watermelon on Galveston beach. It was obvious they were having a watermelon party. My family, too, had

There are so many things to do in life that I enjoy, but can no longer do them, because of health and mobility issues. But I like to read about them from those who can, and I like to write about them. Today, Thursday, the day of the week my Images columns used to appear