Submitted by Don Doman In an earlier article, A Covered Wagon Journey from Texas to the Land of Billy the Kid, I shared a little about my grandmother, who eventually ran the Grove Motel just outside of Parkland during the 1960s. Her life led her from Texas and New Mexico to Oklahoma, Missouri and finally […]
Home from Home: Friends
Emigration means cutting off a lot of roots. It disrupts your job and deeply affects your family and friends. The change from having a social life in your old surroundings to having none at all in your new ones, at first, is a natural given. But it also is a chance to shed people who […]
Letter: Perspicuity, my word for today
There it sank, the cell phone, a very expensive cell phone, slowly slipping from sight as it swung back-and-forth, back-and-forth, with each pendulum-like motion – almost like it was waving, waving goodbye – descending deeper, deeper into the darkness.
Westside Story – Double Take
Mid July 2017 marked the beginning of our 20th annual cross country motorcycle trip called the BAMR. The Suburban Times is a family friendly newspaper, so lets just say my acronym BAMR stands for Big Annual Motorcycle Ride. Seven of us from Washington State, California, Montana, Kentucky and Indiana meet once a year for this […]
The Ice Cream Man’s Top Ten Sales Techniques
Submitted by Don Doman While setting the tables on our deck for an evening dinner party I could hear the familiar tinkle of ice cream truck driving around the neighborhood. It was a beautiful afternoon in the comfortable seventies. My mind wandered to the film Mr 3000, staring Bernie Mac as a major league baseball […]
Westside Story – Make A Decision
Here is a solid piece of unsolicited advice. When you come to a fork in the road, take it and don’t look back.
Mary Lavinia Coker – A Covered Wagon Journey from Texas to the Land of Billy the Kid
Submitted by Don Doman This story was told to my wife Peggy, who wrote it all down. I’ve added explanations at the end of some paragraphs to explain various content. My grandmother is describing a journey taken in 1909 when she was a child. My mother (Lavinia) and her twin sister (Virginia) were born in […]
Westside Story – Tipping Point
As I travel around our planet, I am constantly amazed at what there is to see. No, I am not talking about the solar eclipse. I am talking about the genius move depicted in my photo below.
Rotary Youth Exchange – Making the World Smaller
Submitted by Don Doman As a Rotary member we’ve hosted two exchange students as well as provided a weekend stop for a visiting boyfriend. Exchange students are a family experience. Rotary members and host families all share our pride of our community and country as do the students with their homes. It’s a great win-win-win […]