Memories Left for My Kids

From long before I was born, until the time he died in 1952, Dad was a volunteer fireman. My first memories place the location of the “Fire House” on West Ave., north of the square (eastside, facing west).

Financial Focus

When you turn 65, Medicare becomes a vital part of your healthcare coverage. But signing up is just the beginning. Many people don't realize that Medicare isn't a "set it and forget it" program.

The 501:

In a perfect world, all hitchhikers would be harmless. You could give them rides and add one more acquaintance to your list. Me, I like getting to know new people — especially people with good stories. I’m guessing all hitchhikers have good stories. But in a perfect world, nobody needs a ride.

Financial Focus

More than 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2025 report from the Alzheimer’s Association.

No mandate: That’s the question

Vaccines, antimicrobials, psychiatric medications and chemotherapy — all are important components to modern medicine, but all have risks. Not surpris ingly, each have been attacked, and in the last five years, the attacks on vaccines have been particularly severe.

The unwanted harmonium

The bad news: Burglars broke into our rented storage unit.More bad news: They took nothing.If you’re paying to store stuff you don’t need (most stored stuff is unneeded or it wouldn’t be stored), it could happen to you too.

A note of clarification to my readers concerning “Memories Left for My Kids”

As described in The Sun heading, the articles I have, and will pass along in the future, were not originally written with the thought that they might someday be consumed by the general public.

Just maybe the truth

I learned many lessons in the hectic fall of 1952, but one concerning speaking the truth will be the emphasis of this discussion.

When investing, one of the best abilities is durability

You’ve probably heard about “genius” investors or those who got in on the “ground floor” of a company that grew to be a huge success. These s tor i e s may be interesting, but they are also rare — and sometimes not even true.

Highway 83

They say that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… well, most of the time. I grew up within a mile of Hwy 83 in Abilene. My older brother, Alan, followed my father into medicine and landed in Ballinger, south of Abilene on 83.