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MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part One (click the pix to read more)

THE BEGINNING – Big Stone Gap, VA This is stage one of my journey through the time on this earth! It began when I was 18 months old in a small Southwest Virginia town – - –

MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Two (click the pix to read more)

GERMANY – I spent over two years in Germany while serving in the U.S. Army in the late ’50s. During that time I visited a number of European countries and cities.

MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Three (click the pix to read more)

TWENTY YEARS IN ERWIN, TN – Right before my marriage, I moved to Erwin, TN, about 70 miles from my VA hometown. I was employed as Chief Engineer of a radio station there.

MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Four (click the pix to read more)

THE MIGRATION TO FLORIDA – I left Erwin, TN to accept a “temporary” job in television in Cocoa, FL. That was 28 years ago!

Shuttle Launch Pads at Kennedy Space Center

MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Five (click the pix to read more)

THE MOVE TO NORTH CAROLINA – In the fall of 2005 we made a move to Waynesville, NC

MY LIFE’S PROGRESSION – Part Six (click the pix to read more)

THE FINAL PART – When you approach the “upper tier of years” one begins to wonder about the future!

"The firmament declares the Glory of the Lord . . . "

Salute To “The King”

August 10th, 2010

- – - on the 33rd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, August 16, 1977.

I was in the waning years of my DJ career (1978) when Elvis died.

I had mixed emotions about his music.I had “followed” him since he began in 1954 until his death, and like many people in the “limelight” he was either criticized or cherished; hated or loved. I guess that, when the Beatles and the British sound came to America, that made me appreciate Elvis even more so.

Among all the trials that came to him through his fame and wealth, Elvis maintained that American spirit of love of mother (family) and country and most of all, God. We can all learn something from the legacy that was – Elvis Presley; the “King”!

Go For Launch!

August 3rd, 2010

In this unique Smithsonian Institute time-lapse video created from thousands of individual frames, photographers Scott Andrews, Stan Jirman and Philip Scott Andrews condense six weeks of painstaking work into three minutes, 52 seconds. From Shuttle preparation in the “hangar” to the VAB to launch from Pad A, you’ll see in rapid motion some of the detailed activity in getting the shuttle off the ground!

Forty Long Years

July 28th, 2010

[This is a follow-up to a posting (Election 2010) that I had back in March that touched on term-limits for politicians]

Emphasizing the points I made in the previous article, how about the “audacity” of serving 20 – two-year terms in the House of Representatives? That’s what Charlie Rangel has done, and with a popularity rating of above 90% in his home district of Harlem, and his intent of running for re-election this fall (2010), he will no doubt win again.

Who, ME ?????

Law Breakers – WWJD?

July 23rd, 2010

Most news channels are saturating their broadcasts with articles regarding the new to-be-enacted Arizona law regarding illegals entering their state from Mexico. Public opinion (polls) show a nearly equal positioning of respondents over the issue.

Politicians, especially Congressional, are highly critical; most churches and similar organizations are in favor of the law.

However, in the last few days, teachers and preachers from some Christian churches of various sizes, location and ethnicity are tending to be against this law and any other “issue” that would affect illegal immigrants, including deportation.