As I am writing this story, my wife is out shopping with her youngest sister. They will talk, laugh, have lunch, and do some shopping. That happens a lot since we moved back to the U.S. and retired. This activity is normally on Sunday, after Church with all three sisters. One sister had to work […]

The news is filled with tributes to Senator John McCain, who passed away after a battle with cancer. He was a war-hero and politician, a bigger-than-life character on the world stage. With a lifetime of service, the many honors paid him are well deserved. John McCain stepped into the limelight when he followed his accomplished

A 29-year-old ground technician stole a twin engine, 76 seat passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The untrained, inexperienced video-game player single-handedly started the engines, took off and flew the $30 million aircraft over Puget Sound. He performed unbelievable acrobatic maneuvers during his wild 60-minute ride. He eventually crashed the plane into the uninhabited

The room was filled with nervous excitement as the legal teams prepared to do battle. The defendant was bound by chains and hung his head in shame as he waited for his crimes to be displayed for all to see. He had failed and would have to pay a horrible price for all he had

I woke up one night and felt like I wasn’t getting enough air in my lungs, so I sat up and resisted the urge to panic, while taking deep breaths. I turned off my sleep apnea implant which recently started making me feel like I was choking and hoped my breathing problem would pass, but