One Pharmacist's View

Allen has a long and colorful history. The earlier Cold Springs name came long ago when settlers heading west passed through this area on their way to (where else?) further out west. Many stopped here because of the cold springs. Some simply stayed a bit, camping on the river.

The young people have their texting codes . . . however little do they know that us ole timers have our codes also . . .

Easter was subdued and strange in Allen this year. There were no Easter church services this year. Stores were mostly locked and empty. Shopping centers in the cities are shuttered. There is no Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Allen City Park.

Here it is. Another week. Same old Corona virus. Well not really. But it does make me think of the old 1918 Spanish Flu that swept the world. In 1918 there was not much radio and no TV. News traveled slow.

The worst of long days? Who can say? Depends on where and who you are. And did it affect your life and where your live? My first awareness of wars came on a Sunday in December of 1941.

When a kid I nearly always welcomed a good snow. Even if it meant wading through the cow lot doing the milking and taking care of ungrateful livestock under bad conditions. Maybe close the school? For sure it changed the looks of things and hid the liter that covered our Oklahoma countryside.

A few years back Pat and I were in a place called Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 

While my better half and I joined the declining number of people who still watch pro-football we got to see our 49ers come back from a big fi rst half

The new year has nothing to do with perfect vision even though it will be called 2020. It, like all the other new year’s just sort of sounds funny. And