It was a beautiful, calm Sunday morning that December 7th.  The Hawaiian Islands and the military port of Pearl Harbor were coming awake.  The year was 1941.  This was not unlike many other mornings in the island paradise until, suddenly from the western skies came a parade of destruction and havoc like had never been […]

I am proud to say that I am an American. My ancestors left Germany in 1758 and set sail to this big new inviting world.  When they got here, they entered legally.  No one in my family ever called themselves German-Americans, they were just proud to be American.  Theirs is a proud legacy from participating […]

The year was 1964. Lyndon Baines Johnson was president, the Vietnam War was raging, protests were becoming the norm, and the world was a restless, unstable place.  Top 40 radio stations ruled the airways and the unexpected were always expected.  One song creating new sound waves was being aired over and over.  Performed by Bob […]

There is definitely a generation gap. It is said the accepted time per generation is twenty-five years. I am now experiencing or enduring that gap.  I have lived the equivalent of almost three generations, and man oh man, have I seen changes. Most of the changes I have witnessed have been for the betterment of […]

What kind of society or civilization would we exist in if we did not have leaders? Leaders have specific talents and traits that attract others to follow and obey.  Good leadership tends to create an orderly society.  Poor leadership can cause any group or clan to disintegrate into anarchy and raw survival of the fittest.  […]

It is said that before one dies his or her life flashes past his eyes or mind or something. Hope I’m not dying but I am remembering lots of things from early in my life.  It was the late fifties and we had finally gotten a television.  We couldn’t receive many stations; it depended mainly […]

Hate is a very powerful, profound word. Not unlike many four letter words it stirs strong emotions when spoken.  It appears the talking heads are filling our airways with hatred while columnists or essayists are repeating hate in every paragraph written for distribution in both print and electronic media.  This election season has bred stronger […]

Can someone just write what they feel or think and not be subject to interpretation years later by others? Writing consists of words.  Words mean things.  Words strung together create a sentence.  Several sentences create a paragraph.  Several paragraphs create an essay or article.  That seems pretty simple to me.  Writing is used to communicate […]