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Every day in America should be Veterans Day
As a proud Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who is preparing for Veterans Day, I find it tragic that so many of my fellow Americans view Nov. 11 as just another day off work.
I lost friends in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I made a promise to their families that they would never, ever be forgotten. With wars on two fronts — and the VA workload topping a million claims — it’s time for all Americans to remember the true meaning of Veterans Day. I hope everyone in our area will remember what Veterans Day is all about. Call one of our local VFW Posts to take part in our ceremonies. And as we near the holidays, please keep our deployed troops and their families in your prayers. Send a care package or donate to a program that supports our troops and veterans, such as VFW Operation Uplink, www.operationuplink.org. Always remember those who have fought for your freedom!
JOE RUSS
Biloxi
Very little remains but memories of Point Cadet
Before Katrina, before Camille, before the casinos, before television, before air-conditioning, to my way of thinking, Point Cadet was a magical place in time.
Listening to the soothing sound of locusts in a giant oak tree at nightfall, watching fog roll in from Deer Island, listening to the sound of a dog’s lonely barking in the dead of night.
These were the times when locking your doors was not a safety issue. When neighbors dropped by, sat and visited on your porch. When doctors made house calls.
I become nostalgic for the haunting sound of a train whistle, unlike the blaring sound of today’s horns. The lyrical sound of a mockingbird.
Listening to high-adventure dramas on the radio was our only means of home entertainment. Wonderful stories came to life in “Mysterious Traveler,” “Inner Sanctum” and, especially, “Lights Out.” Those of us with the gift of a vivid imagination could visualize the dramas as they unfolded.
Of course, these were also difficult times, without many of the luxuries we take for granted today. Life was a struggle, but we shrugged our shoulders and made do with what we had.
Still, those were the days.
MIKE VLAHOV
Biloxi
They survive, they thrive, and they do it with a song
The mockingbirds who rule my yard and their roost do all right for themselves and their young.
Human beings demean such birds when they refer to a stupid person as a “bird brain.” Birds may have small brains to fit in small heads, but they have enough mental capacity to survive and thrive on their own. That’s more than can be said of some of our fellow human beings, and more than our government expects of them.
If we ever come across an incompetent mockingbird, maybe we could refer to it as a “man brain.”
ZIP RIBAR
Long Beach
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