Another Procedure
It’s May 31, 2024 and about 3:30 AM. In about 4 hours I’ll be going to Roper Hospital for an esophageal echo procedure. After I’m put to sleep, the doctor…
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May 31, 2024
Niagara Falls
A true wonder of the world—Niagara Falls, located on the New York/Ontario, Canada border, was known primarily, by me, as a place newlyweds go on their honeymoon. Who’d a thunk…
May 29, 2024
No Train Today
My wife, Marjorie, and I love train travel. As a splurge, at most once a year, we would book a compartment on Amtrak and go to New York City from…
May 26, 2024
The Best Lessons May Not Come From the Classroom
If you pay attention to real life, you’ll learn a heck of a lot. I recall a lesson I learned in the playground at the ripe old age of 7…
May 25, 2024
1964- A Crazy, Wonderful, Educational, Sad, Happy, Scary, Fun Year
Let’s start with me. I am the author of this piece, after all. At the start of this fantastic year, I was a young Air Force lieutenant navigator in a…
May 22, 2024
You’re Gonna Shove That Where?
In about 11 days I’m going to get up at about 6am (as usual), shower well, shave, brush my teeth thoroughly, and get dressed very casually to prepare to go…
May 21, 2024
R and R
Congressional records indicate over 2.7 million Americans served in uniform in Vietnam. Did all of them serve an entire year in country? I dunno. I do know that I did;…
May 18, 2024
Unforgettable Family
When I came into this world in 1939, my mom and dad were living in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC. My dad was manager of the Georgetown Sears Roebuck…
May 16, 2024
Parents of the Year (Not)
Would a Parent of the Year lie to his kids on long rides in the car? Would he tell them the sign on the side of the road in the…
May 13, 2024
My Mom – Marjorie Lyons Scooler
It’s June, 1962. I had just completed Air Force Navigator Training and earned my coveted silver navigator wings. I had some leave to take and couldn’t wait to show my…
May 11, 2024