Miscellaneous

Several years ago, I was leisurely walking home from the bus stop, after a hard day at work, and I was just letting my mind wander, thinking about nothing. After crossing a street, I happened to look down and saw a worm in the gutter that intrigued me. I was fascinated and stood there watching…

Several years ago, I was looking through some of my father’s memorabilia, and I found a journal he wrote as a young man living in California. I hadn’t known that he ever kept a journal, but as I searched through it, I found the poem below. It is quite a famous poem written by Walter…

A few years ago, my wife and I were in Europe with our son and his family who were living in Germany. Traditionally when we visited them, we tried to take the family on a side trip and spend a week visiting another part of Europe. On this particular trip we decided to visit Spain,…

When I was nineteen years old, I was living in Taranto, Italy, working with the Italian people. At the time I was working with a man from Nice, France who was older and more experienced than me. He spoke better Italian, understood the local culture, and helped me move forward more rapidly with my work.…

Jed Nield was a big man who stood at 6’3” and weighed well over 200 pounds of solid muscle. He was born and raised on a dairy farm in Afton, Wyoming. At a young age he was taught how to work until the work was done and done right. Often this meant working 14-16 hours…

In the summer of 1974 my first wife Carol, our three-year-old son Paul, and I were living in Knoxville, Tennessee where I was completing my master’s degree at the University of Tennessee. We were living in student housing, and we became good friends with one of our neighbors and we enjoyed each other’s company and…

Some people see a closed door and turn away. Others see a closed door, try the knob, If it doesn’t open…they turn away. Still others see a closed door, Try the knob, if it doesn’t open they find a key, If the key doesn’t fit…they turn away. A rare few see a closed door, Try…