Like many of the other 1500 students who entered the United States Military Academy with me in July 1976, I was drawn to an educational opportunity at a prestigious college subsidized by US taxpayers. I had first visited West Point with a high school friend whose brother was a cadet. The school impressed me;…
This question bothered me all day yesterday, a gorgeous summer-in-fall day. In fact this question has been bothering me since the weekend when we had two absolutely spectacular autumn-colored days with very warm temperatures. I got to enjoy Saturday set up outside KISMET by Caryn, standing right in front of Kismet’s beautiful Secret Garden doing my favorite…
I will be at Kismet by Caryn tomorrow at 11, on what will surely be a beautiful autumn Saturday morning. Kismet is a great gift store with a secret garden right on Main Street in scenic downtown Cold Spring. Just my kind of place! The magic of the leaves changing to all hues of beautiful…
That has always been my philosophy. How perfect is it that my granddaughter and I have teamed up with an organization called GIVE MORE HUGS to entice more kids into the magic world of reading? What better advocate could we have for that group than the totally huggable little fairy? The great philosophy of this wonderfully…
My first assignment in the Army was as a platoon leader in Mannheim, Germany. The US was still involved in a cold war with the Soviet Union. My unit had HETs—heavy equipment transporters. Due to their size, weight and cargo, often M60 tanks, driving on the autobahns required special clearances from the Germans and the…
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