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
Don’t worry … this is not “the end” of A Veteran’s Journey. Not even close. Instead, it’s what an author may type when he (or she) finishes writing and publishing a book. The “Journey” I began this book project in… Read more#213 — “The End” … of <i>this</i> Journey
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) 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 …