World War II Remberances Agnes Belle Pendergrass Crosier passed away and had a very nice Military funeral Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the Chapel in the Seadrift Cemetery. She was a Navy nurse on the hospital ship, the USS Rescue, in World War II. Sharing memories with her family at the cemetery, I did remember […]

I have the best Mother! No, really, I do. I call her Momma, and she is the first, last and greatest teacher, example and standard to strive for that I could ever have. When I was a little girl, she sewed countless doll clothes, sang songs, read stories and bandaged boo-boos for four little girls […]

  The Texas pink flamingos. Those big pink birds. Huge, bright, long legged birds with that weird big spoon shaped bill. For ages people living on the coast or visiting for the weekend have claimed to see flamingos up and down our Texas coast. They are big and bright alright. Definitely pink, but they are […]

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the columnist to enlighten readers on a subject as he views it, and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication. On Syria The April 6 US Tomahawk missile attack on the Shayrat Syrian AF base where the poison gas bombing of Syrian rebels in […]

This is a month for potpourri. To be sure here it will be meant as a jumble of thoughts for a month that is most important to me. April is, among other things, a most interesting month all in itself. Over the centuries it has jumped around on the yearly calendar from first up to […]