Quietude
What does an 85-year old retired Air Force colonel and long time educator do at 2 AM Monday? He has just awakened from his first short nap of the night.…
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April 8, 2024
Unintended Consequences 2
Once upon a time (circa 1998), iPhones didn’t exist. Cell phones were rare. And generally, when the duty day was over, you were off. I was working late at the…
April 7, 2024
Statute of Limitations
What’s the Statute of Limitations on dumb-ass things a group of pre- high school boys would do in Flushing, NY (a city within the City of New York, in the…
April 5, 2024
Running With the Bulls
In my early flying days we stopped frequently at Lajes AB in the Azores to refuel and head further east to Europe or the mid-east. We rarely left the base…
April 4, 2024
Lajes AB, Azores
I've mentioned before that one thing I loved about the C-130 Hercules ( Herk) was its short legs. It needed to land and get fuel frequently. Ergo. I got to…
April 2, 2024
Two Different Worlds
How did a lovely lady from Orangeburg, SC pair up with a self-righteous Yankee from New York? Our early lives couldn’t have been more different, but we merged into a…
March 31, 2024
How to Get Free Pizza
Specifically, how to get a free pizza in NYC circa 1950. First ya gotta be about 10-12 years old. Then ya gotta be able to cry on internal cue. Ya…
March 29, 2024
Father/Son Fishing
They say (don’t know who “they” are) that one of the best ways for young boys to bond with their dad is to go fishing together. That may be true…
March 28, 2024
Unintended Consequences
Parents, teachers, leaders please pay attention. Your intended lesson learned from an action you take toward your children, students, or subordinates may not even resemble the actual lesson they learn.…
March 28, 2024
The Longest Day
Not D-Day, June 6, 1944 ; but rather March 5, 1967. Marjorie and I, married about 2 1/2 years earlier, were still in Charleston, where I was assigned to Charleston…
March 26, 2024
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