“Take My Wife…Please”
Henny Youngman was the king of one-liners. A good one-liner delivers the setup and punchline in just a few words, leaving a lasting impression. Here are a few of my…
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June 20, 2024
Flexibility is the Key to Air Power
Due to overwhelming popular demand (another grandkid asked), here is another truism that has helped me navigate through 85 years of this journey called life. “Flexibility is the Key to…
June 19, 2024
My First Major Sports Memory
That’s easy. October, 1947. I was 8 years old. Everybody was home from the Big War. The baby boom was just starting. “Give 'em Hell” Harry S Truman was our…
June 17, 2024
My Father’s Day Message
As the administrator and editor of this blog, I’m taking the liberty to write an article in honor of my dad. I could share countless stories from my childhood that…
June 15, 2024
Adventures in Sherwood Forest
It's flashback time again: Summer, 1952, in Flushing, Queens, NYC. Welcome to a world where 7th graders still had imaginations and could have fun outdoors. You know, before well-meaning adults…
June 14, 2024
Two Unsung Vietnam Heroes
From 1965 to 1967, at the height of the Vietnam conflict, I served as a C-141 Starlifter navigator. That aircraft, the C-141, is the first unsung hero of this posting.…
June 11, 2024
Vietnam and Me
”This is a f---d up war. But it’s the only war we got.” That is a quote I heard many times in my early career with the US Air Force.…
June 8, 2024
Thank God for the Funny Bone
And God created man. And God created woman. And Thank God, he also gave us a sense of humor. The “funny bone" is one of the most important parts of…
June 7, 2024
Truisms
About 40 years ago, while still on active duty, I wrote an article for the Air Force Comptroller Magazine. Happily, for me, it received the “Best Article of the Year“…
June 4, 2024
Family Sadness, Gratitude, Pride and Joy
Recently, our family suffered a terrible loss with the death of our beloved Candyce (Candy) Antley. She was Harry’s first wife and mother of his four wonderful boys (now men).…
June 1, 2024
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