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…
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.…
”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.…
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…
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“…
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).…
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…
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…
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…
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…