A Letter to Momma and Papa from December 6 1941

Today as America remembers the attack of the sudden and unproved attack of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air forces upon the Pear Harbor U.S. military installations, some families preserve more personal memories of that day. Or the day before. There was a Continue Reading

I Remember “Decoration Day”

When the Peonies bloomed like giant red and white carnations, and I was allowed to go barefoot for the first time in that the almost-summer time, and the old World War One American Legion vets put their local post caps on when they went to the hardware Continue Reading

My Daddy’s Picture: A Veteran’s Day Remembrance

Today is Veteran’s Day.  Like so many in our nation’s family homes, I pass my father’s picture each day of my life. My wife has it placed in our living room. Each time I pass it, I think of his sacrifice, his heroism as he commanded troop transport Continue Reading

Reading Thoughts Summer 2008

I am reading, perusing and sometimes devouring the following books in my summer pile (some of them I came across at an old book store in Connecticut, some I actually picked up new, or ordered online, and at least one of these has been lying proleptically Continue Reading