To one day leave the farm and resign myself to the Caribbean December 28, 2012 -

To one day leave the farm and resign myself to the Caribbean

To find away to return to sailing without taking from the comforts of those who still count on me for support December 28, 2009 -

To find away to return to sailing without taking from the comforts of those who still count on me for support

225 USMC B'Day November 10, 2000 - Southern Md.

Youngest Son is strickened with A.M.L. while attending Mount Saint Mary's... Career has downsizing after BRAC and abolishment of position introduces early retirement... an opportunity to stay with my son every minute I can...for as long as God allows and he's still with me.

learn to sail May 12, 1986 - Tennessee River

Learn to sail on the Tennessee River with an Old Fiend and Bass Player while recording for an Independent Producer in Nashville....racing each weekend for 3 years from my office in D.C. on Friday to Nashville and back to work by Monday morning was the norm...grabbing a day or two as I could to go Blow Boating...then it graduated to the Chesapeake, Inner Coastal, Atlantic and Gulf to Caribbean.

And so it begins September 18, 1968 - Cheverly Md.

and then...Tampa, Fl. 07/15/1970 and then... Riverside, Ca. 08/22/1974...and then Silver Spring, Md. 02/25/1979

1967 Joined U.S.M.C January 17, 1967 - Balt.Md.

As the judge said...can't contibute out here...let's see what you do here...the D.I. followed that up with "YOU AIN'T The Baddest #@!*^% that ev'a left DC...You ain't even close...Now drop and continue until I get tired.

Birthday December 28, 1949

To keep my family Happy regardless of what I have to give up

To keep my family Happy regardless of what I have to give up

To once again tour nationally with a talented and inspirational group of musicians

To once again tour nationally with a talented and inspirational group of musicians

To savor the knowledge of where and how the people who I knew and Loved turned out

To savor the knowledge of where and how the people who I knew and Loved turned out

To know that my son R.L. is happy

To know that my son R.L. is happy

To salvage someone's hopes and inspire positive and renewed effort

To salvage someone's hopes and inspire positive and renewed effort