Yankees Game for $1.30
It’s 1952. I’m 13 years old. It’s New York City (not Manhattan but Flushing in the borough of Queens). We had trees and even woods. I was in 7th or…
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January 23, 2024
Sitcom Episode 954: Wrong Finger
short one Went to radiology for CT scan on Left Index Finger. They called me in and said we’re scanning your Right Index Finger. I said “ Whoa. It’s my…
January 15, 2024
What did you do in the war, Granddaddy?
The targets of this epistle are my kids and grandkids, who may or may not be aware of my Air Force doings from 1963 to 1973 (51-61) years ago) Holy…
January 11, 2024
A little explosion to start your day
Here we are enjoying the grey clouds of Daytona Beach before going to breakfast across the street at the Cracked Egg Diner. I hear a loud bang from the fridge. …
January 10, 2024
The Naviguesser
Good early morning, friends and family.It’s about 3:30 am. I’m awake. So naturally it’s time for another tru(ish) Nam story from 55 years ago.First, a little background about age. I…
January 9, 2024
Cold Iced Tea
It’s 3:10 am So it’s time for me to share my latest sub chapter of our sitcom. The three of us ( Marjorie, Harry and Moi) had only…
January 7, 2024
A little getaway
Back in August I got the brilliant idea that it would be nice to escape the usually drizzly, cold, rainy January Charleston weather and spend a week at the beach…
January 4, 2024
Crisis/Non-Crisis
This morning after breakfast Marjorie and I rode the elevator up to the third floor without incident.A few minutes later I tried to use it to go down. No dice. …
December 23, 2023
Sheets for Christmas
Once upon a time there was a place called Vietnam, where over 500,000 US servicemen served. I was one of them. This was ancient history. Before emails, Skype, texting, and…
December 22, 2023
Teamwork over the Atlantic
Dec 24, 1966 (OMG 57 years ago). Two C-130 crews from Charleston AFB had just delivered essential cargo to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean (between South America and…
December 16, 2023