On this date in 1863, newly promoted Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer (Brevet), aged 23, led the Michigan Calvary Brigade to victory on the third day of the battle of Gettysburg. His actions that day probably saved the Union’s Army of the Potomac and possibly the Union itself. On the final day of battle, Custer…

3/20/21 Russian forces may be nearing a critical juncture. Newsweek reports they are running short of essential supplies, Forbes reports they have a shortage of trucks. Morale is low, and dissent is rising in the motherland. As the snow melts, a sea of mud will bog down their vehicles. If Putin is to maintain power,…

I started fishing with my family at a very early age. My first trip was to Lake Irvine with my dad and his father, aka “grandpa.” I fished with cheese from our sandwiches and killed it. Gradually, I moved from bait to lures. I remember my favorite lure was a Red Devil, and it worked…

Barbeque is simply the outdoor cooking of meat on a grill or spits over an open flame or coals. Taste and preparation methods differ regionally throughout the US and even the world. The smoked brisket tacos you devoured in San Antonio and the skewered mystery meat you fearlessly gobbled down after your fifth Singha in…

In keeping with March being Women’s History month, I thought it might be fun to take a quick peek at some female badasses of the past and one who is likely out there right now smoking bad guys as I write this. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, faced down the Roman empire’s might and took her…

Wars almost always have unintended consequences. For that matter, it seems as though most human activities have unintended consequences. Let’s have a look at one that seems to be occurring in Europe since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For decades NATO member countries such as Germany have not been devoting their required 2% of GDP…

I am a baby boomer. Being from L.A. I received a mega-dose of all things Disney including the TV series “Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier.” I even had a Davy Crockett headboard for my bed as a kid! While mesmerizing to my ignorant and unsophisticated eyes, Disney’s biopic is only a slightly accurate…

When I woke this morning my brain immediately went to “What am I going to blog about today?” Then when I saw these two videos the choice was clear. They made me smile and I like things that make me smile. I’m no military expert, and I don’t know the inside scoop about what’s really…

I need a social media person. I need a person to keep all this cross-platform, blogging, tweeting, and twerking straight and I need one Code-Three, (that’s “stat” for all you Grey’s Anatomy fans). Until this whole book publishing thing, I was your typical FB user, “just using it to stay in touch with old friends”…

On March 1st, I was watching images of average Ukrainians not trained soldiers, but ordinary men and women,  picking up weapons and moving towards the front to resist the Russian invaders. At that moment I thought about a similar example in American history which I thought I would share with you. My God bless and…