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Life for an octogenarian has many hazards. One of them is winding up on the ground when you least expect it (aka falling). If you’re...
When Marjorie said, “I do,” she became part of a family structure far different from how she was raised. I’m a Yankee from New York...
Once a month, a group of 4 or 5 old dudes, including me, meet for lunch, toast each other for making it through another month...
I was especially pleased to receive my next Air Force assignment after three years at Scott AFB, Illinois and the MAC Headquarters staff. Our next...
Scott AFB is totally surrounded by cornfields with many small, very Americana, midwestern towns. Belleville was the biggest, with O’Fallon, Mascoutah, Collinsville, Lebanon, Breeze, New...
Denver was my first long-term assignment in a western USA city. It was a brand new, somewhat scary experience for both me and Marjorie. A...
I was a strongly practicing Catholic from about age 12 to 20, while living in New York. Slightly unique, since there was no family encouragement...
I believed I was done after the first 10 truisms. But after earning “Best Article” award for 1985, my people dared me to come up...
The next two Blog posts I will submit are a piece of ancient history. They are two articles I wrote for the Air Force Comptroller...
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