A Trip to the Midwest Well, next week we’re off to the Midwest plains of America. I love them. My very first trip to the land of the “big sky”—to Fort Sill, Oklahoma—was in the summer of 1973. I had just finished airborne school and was off to the Officers’ Basic Course (OBC) Read more…
I try to be an optimist. Genuinely so. But with all that is going on in the world it’s harder these days. Like many of you, I want to live in peace with my family and I hope so much for a world of peace for my grandchildren. I have no desire to see Read more…
Years ago, after the 1956 Suez Crisis, British Prime Minister Harld Macmillan was asked by a journalist what would determine his government’s course. His reply was to the point. “Events, dear boy, events.” Indeed, events propelled Mr. Macmillan into office. Anthony Eden was Prime Minister during the ham-handed scheme that the United Kingdom and Read more…
With all that is swirling around us these days, is it possible to have writer’s block? That’s defined as “a usually temporary psychological condition in which a writer is unable to proceed with a piece of writing.” I’m torn searching for a topic. Yet I’ll proceed. So, I guess I’ve overcome the malady in Read more…