Not New -Just Renewed! — I’ve walked this planet for 66 years, and hope to stay around for another 34 — then, I’ll reevaluate! This from someone who wasn’t expected to reach age 30, and hoped to live down to that expectation! I didn’t trust anyone over 30 then — so I never wanted to…

My White House Suit Pants & Face-Plant Field — This is the final story for this series — I promise! It occurred to me recently that I hadn’t told this one here, yet. This story should definitely be a part of this, and honestly, I couldn’t think of a better one to be the closer. When I was playing…

Feeling Infinite — The last blood moon until 2025 occurred this morning. It was also a lunar eclipse, occurring between 5 and 6 a.m. here in Virginia Beach. I hadn’t set an alarm, but the deck chairs blowing around on our balcony awoke me at 3:30. …

Honoring my Blues Brother — We were dubbed “the Blues Brothers” — Billy was Elwood, I was Jake. We were, indeed, like brothers. We met in the middle of a literature conference in Warren, Ohio, where work was being done on a book by addicts, for addicts seeking recovery. We’d both found a way out…

When Anything Can Happen — I had abandoned the safety and security of the same ship I had called home for 2 years, with a steady paycheck that I could do with what I wanted to, since I didn’t have to worry about a place to sleep or what to eat — the navy had…

The Greatest World Series Game I Never Saw (But Called the Play-by-Play!) — Just when I thought it was all over, the fat lady had sung her song, the box scores had been filed and my 9-inning saga was complete — I was reminded of another great baseball story that must be told as part of this series. …

The day my whole life changed — “I was feeling part of the scenery I walked right out of the machinery My heart going ‘Boom-boom-boom’ ‘Hey’, he said, ‘Grab your things, I’ve come to Take you home’ Hey, back home!” Peter Gabriel — Solsbury Hill It had been a painfully long 7 months, our cruise to the…

A New Journey Began — As Another Culminated — I passed a milestone today that kind of stopped me in my tracks, and made me think about, and remember, how something like this seemed utterly impossible on the day this journey began, 38 years ago. That was the day I started working for the same outfit I still work…

Spending a Day in My Idea of Heaven — My connection to this place is deep and treasured. We began to come down here the year after Dad passed, in 1997. Dad had always been the glue that held this large family together, as he was the great communicator. We all had some form of regular communication with him…