Parents, teachers, leaders please pay attention. Your intended lesson learned from an action you take toward your children, students, or subordinates may not even resemble the actual lesson they learn.…
Not D-Day, June 6, 1944 ; but rather March 5, 1967. Marjorie and I, married about 2 1/2 years earlier, were still in Charleston, where I was assigned to Charleston…
When you turn 85 and most of your body organs are either weak or out of commission; but you are still mobile and somewhat vertical, do NOT: 1. Celebrate by…
Tomorrow I turn 85. God is good!! Please listen up if you’re 20 years or more younger than me; and pass this on to any younger folks you care about…
Yay, it’s the first day of spring. The heat is on and working. However, a few days ago our AC went kaput. It was 75 outside. My AC was set…
Wow! By the grace of God, I will be 85 years old in less than a week. That, by itself, is a minor miracle. On September 21, 2000, I Had…
1. Do not accept “Flight Plan Fuel Load”. OK. Here’s my challenge. How to ‘splain this slightly complex factor in a simple, entertaining, accurate fashion.Well, here goes. In Military Airlift Command…
1. Do not ride on your buddy’s handlebars. Remember inertia. When he stops short at intersection to avoid oncoming car. You will be propelled from handlebar to middle of intersection…
First, how we met was totally controlled by fate, fortune and dumb luck. I was a rookie, Air force lieutenant, finishing Navigator Training in Texas. The system in place in…
For better or worse, the centerpiece of the latter part of my Air Force career was Scott AFB in southern Illinois, near St Louis, Missouri ( 19 miles). I had…