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Christmas Eve on Owings Street

To the Editor, It was a night before Christmas, 1965 in this house. All were sleeping. Thoughts of dreaming. If that big man dressed in red and white would be visiting. I told my folks there is no Santa Claus. “He’s fake...he’s not real,” I exclaimed. I said it over and over again. Dad said: “We will see about that.” Well Dad’s words were harsh but stern. Kind of like the Father in “The Christmas Story.” So after dinner, my sister and my four brothers went off to bed. Thoughts of tomorrow rushed through my head. I slept slightly through the night. I ...

Some thoughts ahead of Christmas

To the Editor, Just an annual Christmas letter. Christmas in America. Make a wish. You got it. Someone will buy anything for you. The fascination of UPS, FedEx or Amazon driving up to one’s house is worth sitting on the front porch and waiting for a drop off of something, anything. Jesus says in this time of Advent, Christianity is at its best. Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds. Be merciful, forgiveness, seek goodness, respect others, be kind to one’s ...

Memories of a fateful day

To the Editor, Just days after the Brown’s Island explosion on Dec. 15, 1972, I wrote a letter to the editor that said, “That day began as so many days before.” That statement still rings true. But the days after that were never quite the same.  Even though many of us knew that they were having some problems with the consistent flow of gas that was to feed the batteries, we never even thought that something so catastrophic could happen. The sound of the explosion, the vibration of the battery when it blew up and the sight of flames billowing out the North end of the battery ...

My Christmas wish list

To the Editor, Dear Santa, I am almost finished shopping for my wife and her daughter. It’s been a long year, and I’m hoping for the best to all I know. With those thoughts in mind, I’m going to tinker a little bit on my wish list. Okay Santa, have some ginger snaps and milk. I Wanna List 1. A firetruck that I can drive to work. As long as the siren works, it will be no problem on clearing traffic...if I’m late for work. 2. Marbles. Lots of them. So on Christmas morning, I can watch my four dogs and one cat play with these round objects. And possibly try to eat them. ...

A rudderless ship

To the Editor, At this writing, Arizona, after weeks of counting and “finding” ever more ballots, and addressing issues of numerous precincts that mysteriously ran out of ballots, and malfunctioning tabulation machines, resulting in questionable handling of ballots, has finally, in an altogether unsurprising (insert eye roll) climax, decided Democrat Katie Hobbs, who hardly campaigned, and reportedly had precious little public support, has won the gubernatorial race. Arizona had similar issues in 2020, incidentally. Maricopa County, Arizona in 2020 had a 100-mile “Trump ...

Hope for our future

To the Editor, There are 195 nations on the planet. America has taken care of the world: WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam. What more can the world ask? Humans have to understand one thing. The earth cannot support 9 billion humans. Maybe the creator of the human project realizes what a monster he has created. The human race, with leaders like Trump, are becoming a human disgrace. Regressing to animalistic tendencies. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine over 6,000 civilians killed with no human reason. Hopefully the rising sun in the morning and the evening sunset is worth the dream. There ...