The last couple of months, all I seem to be doing is crying. Since March a number of things have happened in my life that have unsettled me. My youngest sister’s died, knocking my legs from under me, my son suddenly and without much notice, moved clear across the country to New York state, an…

During the first of three-weeks of what was lightly termed an ‘Indoctrination Course,’ by the Marine Corps, I learned to react immediately when a Drill Instructor directed me to do something. In reality the old saw, “When I tell you to jump, the only question I wanna hear is ‘How high?’ really doesn’t apply. Why I…

Here’s the bubble the national media lives in: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas-Fort Worth. When you see political opinion polls, know that these top five markets are from where those numbers come from and with the first four being populated with Progressives, those figures are necessarily skewed to the far-left of…

Two friends had been out a little later than they should have. They came home to their wives late and then met the next day. One man said to the other, “Was your wife angry because we were out so late last night?” The other man said, “Nah, she came to me on her hands and…

“Third time’s a charm, my…” Zenda let the thought fade as she pulled the door open to the local unemployment office. In fact, it was her fourth venture to the office as she battled the bureaucracy to get an unemployment check. Zenda, a former Sergeant of the Marines, had recently left the Corps after eight-years and…

Sadly, another touch of my childhood has slipped into Heaven — and it’s so bitter-sweet, leaving traces of tears on my cheeks. Valeria Van Zanten passed away on May 4, 2017 in Crescent City, California, at the age of 103. She was born August 19, 1913, also in Crescent City. Born to Swiss immigrants, Alice…

As I sat waiting to be called into an interview for a job I really did not want, I reflected on the difficult week I was having. Then without realizing I found myself transfixed on the scene unfolding through the large office window in front of me and in the public park across the street. A group…

Scientists say that the universe is expanding. This is undetectable to the naked eye – so we must take their word for it. Here’s another ‘fact’ I cannot prove: we sluff off our outer skin cells during every seven year period. If this is so, then I am definitely not the man I was back then  —…

The old man – many call him a homeless bum – lay in his sleeping bag under the pine tree out of sight of the families that usually habitated the park in the early afternoon. Much of the old Marines’ life was spent wandering the streets during the night. It had been this way for him…

Come what may Jus’ can’t stay Hit the road Got nothin’ to say So outta the way Ain’t no one cryin’ Ain’t no one lyin’ Gonna go pray Stomach in pain From all the strain Know the want to Know a need too Bye April’s load Gonna go play Come what may