The Ring
German composer, Richard Wagner wrote a series of four operas, which he entitled The Ring of the Niebelung. Took him over 20 years to write, and it takes 15 hours…
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August 5, 2025
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Who were your heroes? John Wayne in The Sands of Iwo Jima, Back to Bataan, and Flying Tigers.Gary Cooper in High Noon.Roy Rogers or Gene Autry in about a million different westerns?? Nope. None…
July 31, 2025
Folly Beach: The Sitcom Continues
Just Margie and me, and her sister makes three.Mary Louise came down from Virginia to spend the week with us.Now it’s just the three of us, catching our breath after…
July 19, 2025
Goin South…Really South
No, I don’t mean goin’ south to Miami. Or even Mexico.I’m talkin’ about south of the equator. The southern hemisphere.South latitude in my navigator days. Minus latitude today. In 1963,…
July 6, 2025
Dogs Have Masters. Cats Have Staff
Now I am a cat person. Never thought I'd say that, but I have evolved over 86 years into an honest to goodness cat person. We had a dog, Teddi,…
July 1, 2025
Stuck Between Floors
For the last 34 years, Marjorie and I have lived in the "Holy City" of Charleston, South Carolina. We live in a condominium apartment on the third floor of a…
June 16, 2025
Hazardous Duties
Life for an octogenarian has many hazards. One of them is winding up on the ground when you least expect it (aka falling). If you're lucky you fall on your…
May 25, 2025
Auntie Em, Uncle Mac, and Ice Cream…
When Marjorie said, "I do," she became part of a family structure far different from how she was raised. I'm a Yankee from New York and a half orphan, you…
May 21, 2025
Geezer Down! A Story of Grace and Gratitude
Once a month, a group of 4 or 5 old dudes, including me, meet for lunch, toast each other for making it through another month, ask the Lord's blessing for…
May 18, 2025
Fayette-Nam and the Tap Dancer: Pope AFB (1977-1980)
I was especially pleased to receive my next Air Force assignment after three years at Scott AFB, Illinois and the MAC Headquarters staff. Our next destination...Pope AFB, in Fayetteville, NC,…
May 14, 2025