My Job History

Many times I wished I could have experienced a wide variety of jobs during my active working years, I thought it would be exciting to learn a new skill every couple of years to expand my experiences of working in different genres of employment. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized …

Seasickness – A writer, I am not

First off, I'm TEN TIMES a better writer now than I was back in the early 1980's, and I have affirmations of that claim in the following true story.  But being TEN TIMES better still won't make me a good writer. I'll admit that at best that I'm fair...if that. Regardless, the following account is …

My Trip Across America

In 1976, I graduated from US Navy Lab School in Oakland, CA. This story, although it may be filled with some “holes” of memory, recounts my journey from Oakland, CA to Blytheville, AR, and then on to my final destination of Charleston, SC, a trip of more than 3000 miles. Luckily, any details which may …