Monthly Archives: December 2020

New Year’s A-coming!

Posted on December 26, 2020 by admin

When you read this, we’ll be nearly be in a new year; a year that lots of people are looking forward to. Will we be back to “normal?” Will schools return to “in class learning” this month? What about restaurants, … Continue reading →

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Santa’s Visit 100 Years Ago

Posted on December 19, 2020 by admin

“Christmas season is approaching and already the Yuletide spirit is in the air,” so wrote the Greenville Evening Banner of Friday, December 3, 1920. Local merchants placed their first offerings on display. Early indications are that an excellent offering of … Continue reading →

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Survivors from WWII to 9/11 find help in Halifax

Posted on December 13, 2020 by admin

Normally I write about Texas, or at least the South. This time I want to share about a trip I took a few years ago to Canada. It is so pretty, so cool in the summer, and so peaceful. At … Continue reading →

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Pearl Harbor, Day of Infamy

Posted on December 5, 2020 by admin

On the morning December 7, 1941, Americans heard on the radio, at church or from someone they knew, the news of the debilitating attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base on the island of Oahu in Hawaii Territory. U. S. ships … Continue reading →

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