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Well, am recently age 84, and have decided to add a bit to my history. I have decided to publish a "final" book, mostly an autobiographical diary, from july 2 1925 to July 2 2009. It's title is DIARY OF A MAD MOUNTAINEER and will follow incidents in an

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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Fantasy: 3 of 79
All life is a fantasy, but one of the most fantastic periods of my life was my eventual trip to Paris, France and reunion with my college roomate, Bob Cannaday.As the great writers say, "it all happened like this".Bob, my friend since high school, had after some graduate work after our college days and military days together,... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Inter-racial friendship: 1 of 25
It seems that the few excellent parts of black-white relationships in the past are largely ignored as they don't fit the 'fix' pattern. Yet they exist in great numbers. The most violent deterrent to getting equality in the Virginia of my birth was fear among the whites that one might be 'breaking the rules". Those rules had b... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Memories: 2 of 42
When a little boy, my greatest fear was SPIDERS...any kind of spider! I was undaunted by bears, bobcats, horses, cows, pigs,chickens, snakes, or any other denizens of the woods, but SPIDERS really worried me. It might have been because of a small spider bite by a brown spider when three years old. At any rate, I desper... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) The difference between a chef and a cook: 1 of 15
The question appears to be a bit silly...for obviously you have to be a COOK to be a chef.BUT achieving chef-hood is far far more difficult than being a cook. A small history of chef-hood: I entered the COOKING world at age 13 making sandwiches in a combination drug store and cafe in rural Virginia. I became quite adept at ma... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK Has the British Royal Family become irrelevant?: 2 of 24

As an American, I can't think of anything more IRRELEVANT than the British royal family. After all, they are the direct descendants of George III and George IV whom we struggled and died under in getting our freedom! I remember quite well at the now Queen Elizabeth II's 17th birthday...I was at the time a guard on General Eis... More..
Pets & Animals > Rodents Assessing hamsters, mice, and gerbils as pets for kids: 2 of 22
My life with mice started when four years old, and confined to the upstairs bedroom of an ancient farmhouse with rheumatic fever. A four year old needs companionship and I had none during the long, dreary days. Once my breakfast was brought, I saw no one until lunch and again no one until dinner. But at breakfast, I spilled... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) What Americans want in a presidential candidate: 2 of 19
This is a true vignette that happened yesterday.My wife had deposited me at a Macdonalds while she ran an errand. This Macdonalds was in the village of Brooksville, Florida, and was the "hangout" of the elderly in the area. My booth was directly behind one in whch three very old "ladies" sat, vehemently discussing the present... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Which party is better suited for the White House in '09: Democrat or Republican?: 3 of 28
The democratic party is far best suited for a difficult recoup of decency in reorganizing our country than the outrageous and dishonored party of McCain. I am making the assumption that Barack Obama is our candidate and in fact, that he will be our president come January 20,2009. After a hectic campaign in which I predict tha... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Comparative Religion Freedom to discover one's own faith without external pressures: 2 of 18
In this modern world of great external pressures from environment and communication systems, that added to the personal perusal of surrounding society, makes it extremely important to preserve one's own identity rather than be submerged in groupthink.We Americans are nearly all submitted to brainwashing from religious centers... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Saying goodbye: 6 of 50
Chapter XIV I was extremely happy to say goodbye to the Navy and to war and to distances from my home. It was the 18th of December 1945 that I was discharged and the 19th when I arrived at my Mother's home. My brother Carrington had just entered the Army six months before and was now in Occupyed Japan...brother Walter (older ... More..