Today has dawned on the Kanto Plain as Easter day should have dawned in any country-clear, bright, not a cloud in the sky. All in all a glorious day! Despite what my posts may convey or fail to convey, I do believe in God, his Son Jesus and the
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Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke passed away yesterday. Being something of a science fiction buff-but not a full fledged aficionado-it is with great sadness that we note his passing. I read a lot of his books, all of the 2001 series, and many of his articles in various magazines. 1968-yours truly, telling
Continue readingTampa bits and pieces……
Boy, I’m tired. Got down here to Tampa after a rather bumpy ride on Southwest Airlines. I have not flown on them for a long while. Today I remembered why. Fortunately the flight was only about half full and it was direct. To go on one of the airlines I
Continue readingSeptember 11……..I want my world back.
The world that was stolen from me and the rest of us. The silent majority who simply want to live and love, work and reap the rewards thereof, and want to enjoy the bright moments during our brief transit on this globe. I wrote this post a year ago-however it
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Of Lady Bird Johnson who passed away yesterday at the age of 94. They don’t make women like her any more. In fact, today’s supposedly “liberated” women would look down on a woman who stood by her husband during a long career and pursued interests that complimented his. In the
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I had wanted to post about Memorial Day today, but it became overtaken by events. For one thing, believe it or not, I had to work today. Then the S.O. and I went out to drive around to see things on the island. Finally the Aussies we were working with
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I was not going to post about the passing of Jerry Falwell. Out of respect more than anything and a strong desire not trample on a dead man’s grave-since all of us will be in that same position one day. I’m no fan of Jerry Falwell-that’s probably self evident. I
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Busy day yesterday and today. Filed reports with the police, talked to my insurance, cancelled credit cards, bought clothes. I think I understand now why people say they feel so violated after a robbery. The 24 hour window has passed of someone making an honest mistake, and calling to rectify
Continue readingPassing of a legend……….
I’m getting caught up now. And in the process of doing so I was shocked and saddened to read about the passing of Ruth Heim. Known to all of us who passed through NAS Fallon as “Ruthie”. She managed the Silver State club bar and has seen more than 2
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For me Memorial Day was pretty much a blur changing 17 time zones and then getting home from Narita. So this post comes a day late. However I would be remiss if I did not pay recognition to the brave souls who went forth from the nation, with full expectation
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