A Snow for Christmas
A Snow for Christmas As the old song says, “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” I’ll bet close to 100% of those who celebrate the holiday think a snow on Christmas day helps to make…
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Christmas Corporals
Christmas Corporals Christmas was only days away and my buddy Jim and I had both managed to wrangle a few days of leave to spend the holiday with our families. His folks lived in western…
The Last Navigator
The Last Navigator I began my career with DYS (Missouri Division of Youth Services) about 23 years ago. My first job with the division was at the W. E. Sears Youth Center which is north…
Stampede!
Stampede! This year marks the 200th anniversary of an event you have probably never heard of. Once you read this though you may find it hard to forget. For some of the people who lived…
Persistance
Persistance If you read my post last week, you read of a soldier who chose not to surrender when the enemy invaded his island base during World War II. Instead he and a few other…
Robinson Crusoe in the U.S. Navy
Robinson Crusoe in the U.S. Navy In times of war people often do extraordinary things. Such was the case during the Japanese invasion of Guam in World War II. The Japanese overran the little island…
Passing the Baton
Passing the Baton As usual, I got to work an hour early so that I could get my walk and run workout in on the relatively well-lit roads around W. E. Sears Youth Center. I…
Getting Spooked
Getting Spooked “You’ve got to read this,” Gable implored. “It’s in the official daily reports so it’s got to be true, right? Got to!” “What’s that?” I asked. “One of the guards saw a ghost!”…
You Don’t Know Jack
You Don’t Know Jack There is a certain two-word combination that good Christian folk don’t use in polite company because those words are considered to be curse words. They really aren’t though. If you think…
One Tough Flight
One Tough Flight If you have flown in a commercial airplane, you can picture the pilot, the stewardesses, and the flight attendants clearly. You probably see the pilot as a heroic figure, the stewardess as…