Every weekend, our newspaper has a section on the first world war - stories, photographs. The section makes me think about previous wa...

     A couple of days ago, I wheeled my daughter into the van and drove her to Wal-Mart. It's so easy to do with the new van. I find t...

         Depending on airport flights, airport waits can be long, and if not prepared, tedious. I find that a book as a travelling compan...

While walking along a passageway on the Caribbean Conquest, at center I noticed a bump in the floor bearing a sign, "Watch Your Step....

Just back from three cruises down south. First, Carnival Conquest, second, Norwegian Sky, and third, a swamp boat in the everglades. No me...

I read this from Tom Clancy. "Corrupted men only select other corrupter men to be their peers." That reminds me of my air force c...

On the ball this morning. Lathered up with shaving cream, then grabbed my hair brush.

Reading Tom Clancy's "Red Rabbit." Finding it slow going.

Working on my book. Still haven't made up my mind about a title. My three thoughts are "The Man in the Panama Hat." "The...

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." - Mark Twain

All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that...

A thriller is always about people in danger. The key is to make the reader share the hero’s anxiety. In all popular fiction, the author’s ...

When I watch American news at night, I notice that the first 15 min. is the news and the last part is what I call fluff. Stories about cat...

        I used to have an under the counter fridge. It became so packed, I couldn't find anything. So I bought a large fridge for dow...

This is the last picture of my van as the new owner drives it away. I hated to sell it. but, things move on. Now I have my 2014 wheelchair...

    Well, it's official, home mail delivery ceases next year. Then it will be trudging off to some super mail box somewhere. It won...

    We were supposed to go to the Rehab Center on Wed. and get my daughter fitted with an insert for the new wheelchair, but that didn...

    Well, I didn't see that coming. My neighbor sold his truck, just as I got used to borrowing it. He took it in for a brake job and ...

    Two weeks ago, I decided to replace some broken fence posts. This a ritual I do every year. It's usually two or three posts. This ...

    I cut the lawn yesterday, the second time this year. That's pretty sad with June a couple of days away. But it rained almost eve...