Well, what can you say about a day like this. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In doing so, he said, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with … More Veteran’s Day 11-11-2010
One day, even though I am a man, I had stopped and asked for directions. I hate being unsure or lost, so I never mind asking. But this particular time, I wish I hadn’t. You ever have one of those times? You ask and immediately, after a long, very pregnant pause, the messenger begins with … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 26
Used to, if you wanted a good coffee, there was one of two ways to go. Get on an airplane and go to Europe, or make it at home. I remember being told by a banker who wouldn’t loan me money to go into the coffee business in the year 1982, in Tucson, AZ, that … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 25
To finish the cruise story, We went through Miami, stopped at the international airport and got out to go and find a small bank or something that might cash a check. No go. Then, I went to the airbase, called Homestead, nothing was open, and we didn’t score there either. No worries. I went on … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 24
My first career after college was flying the A-7D Corsair for the USAF in a little hamlet called Myrtle Beach, SC. (Today, not such a little hamlet). I went on a cruise out of Miami for three days to the Bahamas on the USS Emerald Seas. It was fun, but I think the ship was … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 23
Not all inventions had competing types. Some were just so cool that the world took them on. Like the need for a bowl when the ice cream purveyors ran out of bowls on a hot Chicago day, and you invent by necessity the ice cream cone. Or like the drive through window mentioned earlier, and … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 22
Someone had just figured out that you could lay a cable completely across the Atlantic ocean, and make phone calls so here was our Father, in Libya, calling on a phone to us in SC. It took us going to a special station, waiting an hour or so for the team to get it going. … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 21
We had moved from Alaska to Delaware and Dad had taken us to see the arrival and Christening, complete with a champagne bottle, of a military airplane called a Gooney Bird. It was incredibly large and ugly by standards then. Must have been at least two stories or more high. It sported a very large … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 20
Where were you this day in History? Please offer your comments in this blog. I remember my son calling me to ask if I had heard of the events. That was my first notice. Later that day, it struck me how incredibly friendly, generous and supportive we all had become in our daily lives. I … More 9/11/2001
Our SUV (that term was not coined until much later. Anyone know when?) was a Chevy four door station wagon. It had bench seats, and a new one added looking backwards. You could easily crawl over the backs of the seats, because they didn’t have head rests. Head rests were that. Whoever thought about using … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 19
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