Mumble-Y-Peg

Every young boys’ outside game I recall had the primary goal of totally humiliating your opponent or mock beating the hell outta him. Eg the aforementioned ( I like that…

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It’s a Wonderful Life

God is great!!  He has blessed me and my beautiful wife, Marjorie, with an absolutely wonderful, long life, epitomized by the last couple of weeks.  First, on February 7, we…

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Historical Ironies

First, you may notice, many of the addressees of this epistle are friends and relatives who might be called senior citizens. ( old. like me).  That’s cause  its focus is…

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The Draft

Every young American male coming of age in the 50’s and 60’s had a major life-affecting decision to make at about age 18. What to do about the Draft??   In essence…

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Krazy Kat

Can you teach your cat to fetch? Maybe.  But I got a cat that teaches me how to throw.  Then demands it.   She brings some toy to me as I…

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Drill Team at the Elks Club

Fall, 1960  only 64.years ago.  I was honored to lead a very small, 6-man trick drill team from a very small Brooklyn College Air Force ROTC detachment.  We were pretty…

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Airdropping a Jeep

How do you drop a jeep from an airplane at 1500 feet and not destroy it?Oh, by the way. It’s 1965.Well, you find an outstanding, young navigator with a superb…

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The Chicken Dance

Mostly, they had White Leghorn chickens from Leghorn, Italy ( Livorno).Golly I’m smart.  Lol.  These chickens lay white eggs and live a nice, long life. Broilers, on the other hand, (“ain’t…

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