“The Eye Chart and Boston Creme Pie”
I was staring at it wondering if I could get it without enduring what Mother had waiting for me. The Beginning of this Ending started in a Doctor’s office. Mother was telling the Doctor that the...
View Article“The Preface”
Not sure how I got myself into this spot. All I wanted to do at this stage of my life was to enjoy my remaining days with my memories. Of course there are some memories best forgotten. But if...
View Article“The Seed”
I was flying in a B-36 on a routine mission over New Jersey when we rendezvoused with two other B-36′s. It was really something to see all three of these big “birds” circling the LakeHurst Naval Air...
View Article“The Seedlings”
The place is Scotch Plains New Jersey where I find “The Seedlings” of my earliest memories. My sister and a really big house. Funny how you try so hard to recall early events only to discover that...
View Article“Meet me at the Eagle”
This was to be the third Chapter of my Book, however today it is a couple of weeks before Christmas so I thought I’d work in some Christmas memories that are not necessarily in the Biographical order...
View Article“Cocoon”
As I laid there, metaphorically speaking, staring at the inside of the Cocoon where I had placed myself last December just before Christmas, with recurring thoughts of “get your butt in gear Old Boy...
View ArticleIt’s 5 O’Clock
It’s getting close to 5 o’clock and the Postman hasn’t arrived. Getting worried, my favorite Radio show is about to start and I’m not prepared. Before Television invaded the Family there was...
View ArticleOTC and Horseradish
It’s late on a Friday evening and a small group of Tradesmen were in a local Pub for their weekly meeting. They call themselves “The Leather Apron Club” later to be Nicknamed “The Junto”. Ben is...
View Article” The Mother Lode”
It was a small bag probably three inches wide and six or seven inches long with a pull string sowed in the top. Made of sturdy cotton or muslin which allowed it to slip into your pocket. I preferred...
View Article“Who are You? Who Who, Who Who”
The Title above is in the Chorus of a Seventies song by the “Who” if written in the fall of 1940, I would be singing it as I was being held upside down by my ankles. There I was dangling head down...
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