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.

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Loving Your Country No Matter What?

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There was a simple statement made on a poster that caught my attention, “Loving your country doesn’t mean agreeing with everything; it means...
Saturday, October 12, 2024

Our Thurbie Tree

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This story is from many years ago and had been posted to my Stories Page; but I neglected to include a link that would make it easier to fin...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Moscow On The Hudson

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  It’s been a quiet kind of afternoon with Lucy away for the week.   I’d gone into town to pick up a package at the post office which made i...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Changing a Light Bulb

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  It used to be a simple task to change a light bulb.   If the one in your table lamp quit, unscrew the old one, take a new one out of the b...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Officially a Senior Citizen

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  In case you were wondering if you qualify as an actual Senior Citizen, something most of us do when we stumble around the kitchen early in...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

That Must Have Been Exciting

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  I went to plug my cellphone onto the charging cable a while ago and noticed some damage near the end of the cable where it’s supposed to a...
Sunday, August 11, 2024

The Land of Promise

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  A couple of weeks ago, while perusing various articles, I ran across one with a seemingly straight forward catch phrase, “Israel is the on...
Thursday, August 01, 2024

Fibber McGee’s Freezer

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  The younger generation might not have a clue as to the reference made in the title.   There was an old radio show from back in my childhoo...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Old Man Outfit

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  We were at Arby’s taking advantage of their ‘5 for $5 Original Roast Beef Sandwich’ special.   This was only available via their App which...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Our Suspension Bridge

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  During the Sunday afternoon session of the April 2024 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Gary E....
Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Going Towards a Cashless Society

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  The elite, the masters of the world, have a plan which includes controlling the lives of every individual and business on this planet.  Th...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Being Converted

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  I’ve a healthy respect for the efforts of our Full-time Missionaries as they go about finding and teaching the principles of the gospel to...
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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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