When we let friends in Ann Arbor know we were moving to Rockford Illinois, we were amazed at the number of them who said you have to go to the Wagon Wheel in Rockton. They told of how it was a honeymoon […]

One of my best friends was Jim. We worked together, vacationed as families, and just did a lot of things together. Jim was a lot more detailed than I am, but we usually worked through those things. I have a plethora of […]

Back in the day when we were going to Myrtle Beach for our week of golf and trying to drink South Carolina dry we had a little incident with a local restaurant. As usual the eight of us went as a group. […]

My older brother Bob finally joined the ranks and proposed to Carol. The wedding was in the Washington D.C. area. Martha Danny Julie and I drove from Indianapolis for the wedding. Stacey wasn’t born yet at that time. It was a beautiful […]

I was just going over my days mail and text messages when one jumps to my attention. It is from my dentist, and it seems I owe him $5. In addition to the debt, it is past due by more than 90 […]

I was teaching a service school at Shepard Air Force base in Wichita Falls Texas. The school was a lot of fun as the service techs in the air force were quite sharp. They had a lot of interesting questions, which helps […]

It is amazing how much you remember about the kids that passed through your life. In hockey alone there had to be hundreds. You can’t possibly remember all the names, but the stories stick. Over time I will share some of them. […]

I remember one week I was working in Atlanta and after a successful week got to the airport looking forward to getting home. Sitting there reading a book just waiting for my boarding call, when a general service announcement rings out. Flights […]

When Martha and I were still in college at Purdue, a big event for us was the Indianapolis 500 race. We never went to the race, but watched it on national tv, however we were faithful followers of the entire month of […]

Once I was calling on one of our service stations in Prince George B.C., which is more than an eight-hour drive north of Vancouver B.C. Our rep was Tony Luchachuck. He actually lived out, and by out, I mean he once shot […]