T F Stern's Rantings

My articles emerge depending on what ever tickles my fancy; hope you enjoy the ride. It started several years ago when one of my op-ed pieces to the Houston Chronicle got butchered; been blogging ever since.

Monday, March 23, 2026

A Nighttime Portal

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Sometimes we get to experience a familiar moment in time long after it became a distant memory. Such was the case when we enjoyed a mini...

Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Be The Blue Poster

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While going through Facebook this afternoon, this recruiting poster for the Houston Police Department caught my attention. It showed fou...

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

This Sounds So Familiar

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The civil disobedience going on in Minnesota, specifically Minneapolis, has gotten most everyone’s attention as minor confrontations have ...

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Like a Fishing Boat in Rough Seas

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I went through some of the photographs in my files and found one that validated my reason to never become a fisherman, an individual who w...

Monday, January 12, 2026

Amazing find at local Kroger Grocery Store

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This past Friday while finishing up our grocery shopping at the Kroger store in Huntsville, Texas, I happened to glance at one of those ‘poi...

Monday, December 22, 2025

Having Fun with the Calendar on December 22nd

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Each morning as I take my vitamins, I tear off a page on the calendar, a way of reminding myself later in the day that I actually had take...

Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Say What?

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I was in the kitchen helping test a batch of Gingerbread Cookies that had recently come out of the oven when Lucy mentioned that it was ti...

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About Me

T. F. Stern: I am a retired City of Houston Police Officer having served 20 years as a patrol officer and also a retired self employed locksmith having served the Houston area for over 40 years. I'm married to my sweetheart. We met while working at the Astrodome; she was the popcorn girl and I was the soda boy, both working in the back areas during our high school years. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and have 3 grown children and four grand children. We now live in our piece of Paradise, otherwise called Buffalo, Texas.

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