It’s a Small World After All
Ever strike up a conversation with a perfect stranger and find out you have a connection that seems impossible to be just a coincidence? Happened to me this morning. You…
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June 16, 2026
Unforgettable People
There’s a list I carry in my head. People I’ve seen. People I’ve touched. People I watched on a stage and never forgot. A New York kid who ended up…
May 21, 2026
Way Down in Antigua
The water below was a beautiful shade of blue-green. The pink coral was shining through. Light winds. Variable. And me, a 24-year-old Air Force lieutenant navigator, hopping island to island…
April 21, 2026
Stars. Billions of Em
Carl Sagan famously stated, "A galaxy is formed of gas and dust and stars — billions upon billions of stars." As an Air Force airlift navigator in the mid 60’s,…
March 19, 2026
The Power of BS, Then and Now
I’ve always been told I talk too much. When I’m wound up or worried, the words just come. Talking helps me sort things out, and it helps to have people…
November 2, 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
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
First Time We Were Five: Denver, 1970-1974
Denver was my first long-term assignment in a western USA city. It was a brand new, somewhat scary experience for both me and Marjorie. A long way from South Carolina…
April 30, 2025
Truisms – Part II
I believed I was done after the first 10 truisms. But after earning "Best Article" award for 1985, my people dared me to come up with another 10. Coming up…
April 18, 2025
Truisms
The next two Blog posts I will submit are a piece of ancient history. They are two articles I wrote for the Air Force Comptroller magazine. The first is from…
April 13, 2025
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