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Learning to Read
I always knew I was going to be a pilot and I also knew I would be a writer. When it came to reading and writing, there are a couple of people to whom I am very indebted. My mother … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Reading, Writing
Tagged baby-books, bookmobiles, books appropriate to age-level, boyhood crushes, Florida, friends, Hillsborough County, Learning to Read, Marianne, mom, new worlds, pictures in books, Pierce Junior High School, pilot, reading and writing, Saturday morning, Tampa, The world of words!, writer, writers
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Time
Time is fleeting, so quickly it is frightening. Yet, many seem not to notice. They are concerned only with their lives at the moment, thinking not of the future, or of the end. It is coming though, and nothing they … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged Aeschylus, bunch of bunk, discipline, do whatever you wish, fleeting, friends, frightening, have a plan, important things in life, judgment, knowledge, living a full life, mistakes in their past, proper guidance, still must learn, the end, the future, Time, time growing old, where the time went, young person, youth is wasted
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Eternal Suicide by FB
One of the classes I teach is a career and interviewing class. I enjoy teaching that class because it really helps some of the students. What amazes me about some young people, however, is that some have chosen to commit … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General
Tagged a profound effect on the rest of your life, bad information, career and interviewing class, commit professional suicide by Facebook, discipline, Eternal Suicide by FB, Facebook, friends, identity thieves, incriminating information, incriminating photographs, judgment, professional pilots, professionalism, social media, the interview process
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The End of 2010
It’s here! We have again reached the end of another year. Now it’s time to look back to see what was accomplished, what failed, what was good, what was bad, take measurement, and plan for a better 2011. What was … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Writing
Tagged a better 2011, a real journalist, a writer’s mind, air shows, Anna, births, BluewaterPress LLC, business, colleagues, Congress decided not to listen, Eva, family, friends, grandmother’s delight, Joe Clark’s Photos, making your own economy, new baby, on guard for trouble, personal growth, photography skills, small daily newspaper, students, The End of 2010, the end of another year, the idiot talking heads, the media, turning a nickel, weddings, What was good?, writing assignments, “Nana”
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Thanksgiving 1983
As we wrap up this Thanksgiving, I cannot help but reflect back on Thanksgiving 1983. In 1983, I found myself stationed at NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and that Thanksgiving holiday was my first stationed overseas. There is nothing like an … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged airmen, call to service, civil service, duty stations, fellow citizens, friends, good holidays, hostile duty stations, Marines, military service, NAS Guantanamo Bay Cuba, sailors, soldiers, standing watch, stationed overseas, Thanksgiving 1983, vet, young warriors
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