D-Day, unfathomable to my naive mind. Try to imagine what war is like if you haven’t been involved in one. Hopefully, instead of not wanting to think about it, which would be natural, it will stir a deep compassion for human kind in your heart and what people go through …
When did I get old? I know I’m not really old, am I? I’m middle aged, that’s what our culture calls it. I’m not sure if that’s good or not. Some people are over 100 years old. Just what does old mean anyway? Google it and you’ll get this: old …
I was transferred from boot camp Cape May to OMSTA Hawaii as a Fireman January 1983. Very soon after arriving there I walked in to the transmitter room when the several ET’s the Chief (XO) and the Warrant (CO) were scrambling because smoke was in the air, alarms were going …
Memorial Day kicks off the summer season and I’m glad. Veteran’s who have died would not think that that’s all bad. Honor those this day that served and died to keep us free. Be proud of them and wish they were still here with you and me. Think of them …
Was in Kansas for a week that is all. My fun meter at its peak and it’s tall. Don’t know how much more of this I can do. I got the airport pneumonia and the TSA blues. It was a technical conference that’s all. About engines that we all overhaul. …
I ate cheesecake for supper. It’s really good for you. It’s full of cheese and cake. Straw-berries on top too. Straw is full of fiber. Berries vitamins. I’m in so deep if I come up too fast I’ll get the bends.
My dad taught me to look at the sky. On the porch we’d eat ice milk he’d buy. If it stormed too much we’d go in, or sometimes just let it go by. With a ladder we’d look at the stars, and steady binoculars on Mars. We looked toward the …