The Tahlequah Pig

LRAFB, AR – 314th Avionics Maintenance Squadron It was the Spring of 1984 and I was going to my first competitive bicycle race with an awesome bike that I picked up in Germany while on TDY (Temporary Duty) to the UK the previous Fall. I actually picked up a...

100 Days in Rochester

While sitting in a coffee shop yesterday and cranking up my laptop that little message from my backup program appeared in the top right of my display to alert me to the fact of “No backups on xxxx for 99 days”. So I scribbled down some numbers on my...

Pilgrimage to the Adirondack Mountains

During the month of September I took a pilgrimage back to the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in New York State. I had not been there in 25+ years. In my early years we would travel as a family to Indian Lake – both a small town and a lake – to visit my...

Manchester and Jerusalem

Manchester England experienced an horrific terrorist attack Monday evening May 22nd. I have been watching the live coverage on Sky News to stay informed on the aftermath of this tragedy. Tuesday evening local UK time a vigil was held in the center of Manchester with...

Text from 1948

This telegram was sent to my dad in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York State from his uncle WT Farley in Albany as a means of congratulations after he graduated from Union Law School. The FBI was the next step in his life.