Life is a journey, one step followed by another…
I’ve been on a little hiatus recently. Becky and I just returned from three weeks in Europe: a Rhine River cruise (Nuremberg, Germany to Basel, Switzerland) with bookend stops. A few days in Nuremberg, then a 10-day cruise, followed by… Read more#214—“Chills” in Nuremberg
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Above Photo: An F-14 Tomcat aircraft waits behind the blast deflector panels as another F-14 from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) prepares for launching during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70)…. Read more#212—“Down Time,” Part 2: USS Kitty Hawk (On-duty)
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) I write a lot about times on the flight deck during flight ops, which, as you may recall, are always exciting. But it’s not all about an adrenaline rush. We weren’t always flying planes. There… Read more#211—“Down Time,” Part 1: NAS Agana, Guam (On-duty)
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) After five weeks at sea, running flight ops from mid-morning to midnight, lack of sleep, and the constant hum of Kitty Hawk’s four main engines, I’m ready for a port call. I’m sure all 5,500… Read more#210—There’s Nothing Like a Liberty Port Call
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) The Medicare Journey I thought about naming this post “The Medicare Journey,” but I decided to go a different route. Yes, I’m retired, I’m drawing social security, I’ve got some savings, and my wife &… Read more#209—This “Getting Old S**t” is Getting Old
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Growing up in Gainesville, Florida, my parents gave my sister and me a Kodak disposable camera, sometime in the 1960s. You remember those … 12 shots in a weird-looking yellow box. You’d turn the entire… Read more#208—“Timeless Treasures”
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) By the time you read this blog post, I’ll have just turned a young 71 years old. I don’t know about you, but when I make another trip around the sun, I count my many… Read more#206—Those Things That Stay With You …
Professor Google defines “obsession,” as “an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind.” Yep—no doubt, that’s what this project has become. I’m talking about my new book project … the one about 48 men from… Read more#205—It’s Become an Obsession
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) My transfer orders read, “Report to USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) no later than March 20, 1975.” I’d left my first duty station, NAS Agana, Guam, a month earlier (February), after spending 15 months working one… Read more#203—Welcome Aboard!
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) At my age (almost 71), I tend to think back on times during my life and, as my dad often said, “pontificate.” Yeah … I had to look that one up. Maybe that’s why I… Read more#202—Accidents Happen …