By Ernie Sochin.... “Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.” Any of you who listened on radio as I did to the adventures of the Lone Ranger and Tonto will remember those famous words. For many of us, we will be returning to those days. With all the latest shootings going on [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... I recently met a woman who can actually recall phone numbers. I was truly impressed. I haven’t been able to do that in years. Example: I was awaiting “early release” (from a hospital; not what you think), and had to call my wife. I didn’t have my cell phone where her number [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... Now that the ‘”Happy” season is over it is time to take a look at what might lie ahead. One thing is for sure — all those people who were camping out waiting for stores to open pre-holiday probably spent a ton of money on gifts. The market indicators show that and [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... Cinnamon died last week. Cinnamon was a Chocolate Labrador belonging to my neighbors, Brian and Mary Smith. As most of you know my house and husband-keeper will not allow me to own a dog. We did have dogs for the first 28 years of our marriage and after our last one passed [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... How Green Was My Valley is a 1939 book by Richard Llewellyn that a lot of people have read but that has nothing to do with today’s “green” movement. I shouldn’t knock “green.” After all, my Town of Cutler Bay is the greenest place around with all kinds of awards for our [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... Everyone that knows me knows that I try hard but unsuccessfully to be a lean, fit athlete. A lot of my exercise comes from running up and down the cookie aisle at Publix looking for some old favorites and hoping to find something new as well. How do you think I felt [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... My reading companion just got one of those Kindle gadgets for reading books. She is now able to download hundreds of books and keep them as long as she wants or delete them when she is through. Am I jealous? Well just a little bit. I have been saving all the books [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... There was a time when I would fantasize about being elected President of the United States on a write-in vote. I thought for sure that I could solve all the problems of our country with little effort and go down in history as a great savior. After being in minor league politics [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... Turn “swords to ploughshares” as in the Book of Isaiah? No, I have not become a biblical scholar. I hardly ever turn to the Bible, but once in a while if I am behind Love-40 and serving my last tennis ball, I do look to the heavens. It doesn’t usually help but [...]
By Ernie Sochin.... Bang! Bang! Bang! It seems that is all I hear and read about in the news lately. Of course, I am referring to the constant shootings all over the place by disgruntled workers, teenagers getting even, drug deals gone bad, and just plain shooting. Well here I go making a few more [...]
Yes, I know — a lot of politicians feel guilt but not exactly for the same reason. I am almost afraid to reveal what I feel guilty about, but psychiatrists say the best method is a complete catharsis, so here goes. For several nights a few weeks ago, I tried watching the evening news as [...]
By Ernie Sochin Back in 1932 when E.T.S. Walton first split the atom, and in July of 1945 when we actually detonated an atomic bomb in Alamogordo, NM, we didn’t know for certain that a chain reaction might or might not occur. We were lucky. Nuclear plants all over the country are now supplying our [...]
