The Last Navigator
The Last Navigator I began my career with DYS (Missouri Division of Youth Services) about 23 years ago. My first job with the division was at the W. E. Sears Youth Center which is north…
Awareness
Persistance
Persistance If you read my post last week, you read of a soldier who chose not to surrender when the enemy invaded his island base during World War II. Instead he and a few other…
Robinson Crusoe in the U.S. Navy
Robinson Crusoe in the U.S. Navy In times of war people often do extraordinary things. Such was the case during the Japanese invasion of Guam in World War II. The Japanese overran the little island…
Passing the Baton
Passing the Baton As usual, I got to work an hour early so that I could get my walk and run workout in on the relatively well-lit roads around W. E. Sears Youth Center. I…
A Walk in the Park
A Walk in the Park There can’t be many people in the United States today who have not heard of Jurassic Park…as in, probably nobody. You know the theme well; scientists find a way to…
Fins, Fur, Feathers, and Bone
Fins, Fur, Feathers, and Bone Trying to advertise my blog I sometimes post a little blurb about the current post and include a photo to “catch the eye” of perspective readers. One lady took exception…
Of All the Luck
Of All the Luck It’s kind of incredible that Frane Selak reached the age of 87 (He passed away on November 30,2016.), especially considering that Ripley’s Believe it or Not has called him, “the unluckiest…
I’m not Arnold.
I’m not Arnold. He was born to Japanese immigrants to California on June 28, 1932. Their second son, he was named Noriyuki. Over the next couple years, the baby showed signs of high intelligence. His…
More Than Just A Horse
More Than Just A Horse While wives of Marines might argue that they are all a bunch of jack a—s, I know of one that definitely was not. No, no, Reckless was a horse, but…
Electric Wind
Electric Wind William Kamkwamba lived in an impoverished area of Africa with no electricity or running water. Born to uneducated parents he knew that education was his only hope for a better future for his…