There are all kinds of codes we come across in our daily routine. There are padlock codes, codes of honor and ethics, codes for opening doors or gates, and let ...
When I moved to the Rogue Valley in the summer of 2018, the only person I knew was my Realtor. Within one month of my rebirth as an Oregonian, a familiar name f...
Terry Dischinger was an NBA basketball star for nine seasons. Somehow he got crossways with his National Guard commitment and ended up on active military duty. ...
This morning I looked at the calendar and saw that Armed Forces Day is May 15. It made me think of my father, who died last November, and tears sprang to my eye...
I never thought I’d wake again happy, knowing I would never again be Grandma Ina Olivia’s granddaughter.
I got the call at work. Grandma had been rushed to the ...
One of the advantages of being retired is the wisdom that accumulates within the core of who were are. My evolutionary stages of life include the “brat,” the “s...
I have often thought of the seven — or is it eight? — wonders of the world.
Sincerely, I think there are a bajillion wonders of the world. Like, how do they ke...
In Vietnam in 1965/66, our lifeline to the “World” (What we, in my unit, called the United States) was a slender connection maintained by snail mail.
In an era...
“Curium perficio” is the motto of my family, the Hunter clan. Roughly translated it means, “I have completed the course.”
Surviving this whole coronavirus thing...
During the COVID shutdown, I have spent time editing my possessions. After all, I’m 73, and the thought of a terminal move moves me to lighten up. Although per...
“Have you ever run a chainsaw?” boss man Sam asked me. “No,” I answered. “OK, take this chainsaw and…”
Or, “have you ever driven a tractor? No? OK, here are...
It has been years now, but he used to come to our home on Sunday mornings for a cup of coffee. Not every Sunday but maybe once a month we would be favored by hi...
In June 1957, two weeks prior to high school graduation, my group of buddies were looking at the potential loss of our brotherhood.
We gathered and formally ado...
"I want that little dog. " It was a simple, declarative statement on a frosty Valentine's Day. My husband looked at me, understood the tone as well as the words...
In March of 2020, with the pandemic so new and all, we took to the garden. Searching out warm spots where the sun poked through often-cloudy skies, we sat and l...
Disclaimer: My dear wife gave her blessing allowing me to write about her in this remembrance. In this time of terrible job loss, food lines and empty bank acco...
There were two facts about my small town in the early 1950s that stand out in my memory: one, we believed there was a missile in a silo in Russia with the name ...
One hundred years ago, Robert Frost, wrote: "Some say the world will end with fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire. I hold with those who favo...
When I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in December of 2014, my wife, Kerry, lovingly soothed my back with her gentle touch. "I'm so sorry," she whispered...
At times we have to deal with difficult situations in our life. Not all of it is smooth sailing. It all started about a year ago, when my wife was forgetting wh...
