[May 28, 2024] After years of work, a small group of dedicated volunteers will unveil and dedicate a WWII Memorial in Atlantic City, NJ, on 6 June at Noon. If you are available, I recommend you attend. Get there early. The memorial is inspired by and based on the likeness of SSG Bernie Friedenberg. I wrote about the… Read More »
[May 26, 2024] Back by popular demand are some essential tips to make sure you don’t embarrass yourself while you observe Memorial Day. If you are young or haven’t had much interaction with Veterans, you might not have been “educated” on the proper ways to handle yourself. Let’s observe Memorial Day and not embarrass ourselves. [May 30, 2021]… Read More »
[May 23, 2024] It was my only dime. I was standing at the checkout counter at the Bastrop Piggly Wiggly Grocery store with my Mom. And there it was, a March of Dimes card with slots where a dime could be placed, the money used for funding polio research. I was looking forward to getting my first candy… Read More »
[May 21, 2024] I’m not sure when I first saw the drama series “The Twilight Zone” by Ron Serling, but I was a huge fan. While I was rarely scared, my brother often hid behind the couch whenever the show was on. One of Serling’s episodes was about a bloodthirsty American World War II commander who finds himself… Read More »
[May 19, 2024] We were on the ground, punching each other, yelling, grabbing, cussing, and rolling around in the dirt as we had just argued over something neither of us could remember. And the reason we fought was not as important as the fact we could fight and still remain friends despite bloody noses and bruises. Thinking for… Read More »
[May 18, 2024] When we experience hardship or suffering, an old idiom informs us to “Have the patience of Job.” True enough, I never got the whole meaning, but I better understood it during my time in combat. So, what is this story that had such an effect on me as an Army Officer? Here is the story… Read More »
[May 16, 2024] A question posed by Dr. Jordan Peterson goes something like this, “Can you be less afraid of death?” That is a classic question for Dr. Peterson; he does this for our benefit. Put another way, in my words, “Do we fear death too much?” Dr. Peterson attempts to answer that question in an interview, and… Read More »
[May 15, 2024] I love old cars, and for those who read my Letters to My Granddaughter, you are probably one of those who love old clunkers too. I want to highlight a young man from Arkansas, just like me with a Southern accent, who works on old, abandoned cars and brings them back to life. Dustin Jennings… Read More »
[May 13, 2024] “We love having you at our house, Little Big Man.” We called him Granddaddy; he was Bigmama’s husband. He was a short but strong man, forgiving of my misbehavior, forthrightly religious, a good storyteller, skilled with his hands, able to fall asleep in his office chair, and intense but compassionate. He was a man who… Read More »
[May 12, 2024] Like so many children nationwide, Mother’s Day is a special time for her children to show their appreciation. My sister, brother, and I might have been young, not yet reaching the tender age of ten, but we knew our duty to cook Mom a spectacular, delicious, perfectly prepared breakfast, with cold orange juice and hot… Read More »