I just wanted to take this time to give an update on what we have been up to over the last week or so.  We have finally settled into our new apartment and put everything away. I still find myself turning down streets toward the other house and have to catch myself.  It is hard [...]

Last week there was an air show at Tinker AFB.  The days prior to the show had the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds practicing in the area.  I took this photo from my front yard as the Thunderbirds were practicing overhead.  As enjoyable as it was to watch, it was very humid making it very uncomfortable [...]

After watching this video I miss being in the Air Force.  I remember my first air show I ever went to was at Tinker AFB and the brand new F-15 was there. I do not remember the exact year but I do remember it was in the 1970’s.  The plane did not do any special [...]

In life it is difficult to find anything that has universal appeal the way the arrival of Spring does.  There is just some sort of psychological effect that Spring time brings on people.  Every year there is something in the air when the trees start to bloom, the birds are singing and it is warm [...]

It is hard to find anything more pleasing than a nice morning sunrise when you do not have to go to work.  The beauty of my situation this morning is that it is the end of the year and I have some use or lose vacation time that I have to burn so I took [...]

As many of you may know I have posted about how the government does everything the hard way.  Everything we do is usually impacted by a new rule or policy that makes our jobs harder.  Over the last two days at work we have received this message or some rendition of it on our computers.  [...]

If you are familiar with Oklahoma summers you may have heard the peculiar loud clicking sounds coming from the trees.  This cicada is the culprit and when you hear them you know that it is not just summer but the hottest part of the summer.   For some reason, the locals call them locust but they are really [...]

Not too long ago I spoke that I moved to a new job at work and how excited I was about this move. Shortly after that I seemed to be dissatisfied with the fact that I was their as a trainee and no one would show me anything. I do not like to have the [...]

Last night I was getting drowsy and was dozing on the couch when I decided it was time to go to bed.  We started hearing a lot of loud bangs outside when it hit us that it was the final Sunday before Independence Day.  Every year this church that is about 400 or 500 feet [...]

I was going through some important documents that I had saved from my time in the U.S. Air Force and stumbled on some interesting things.  In the picture above, I show the cover page for our base newspaper at RAF Bentwaters in England.  I was there from 1991 to 1993 and my youngest son was [...]