Sergeant First Class Helen Walters stood in front of the colonel’s desk, rigidly at attention and holding her perfect salute until the older man finally acknowledged her presence with a quick snap of his elbow. “Stand easy, Sergeant,” he barked.  “If you’...

“I won the bet, so I get to do it my way,” my wife explained as we got out of the car.   “I’ll pick whom I choose and you’ve only got a yes or no vote, no negotiations or questions.   All right?”   “Okay by me,” I said.   This was certainly a new turn of...

The guys were over for the monthly poker game and this month was my turn to host.   De and Karen were in back bedroom watching some movie while I lost nickels and dimes in the kitchen.   Sometimes I think we traded the same change around every month, but...

I was on holiday in Ireland , the land of my birth or it was if you counted several generations back.   Throw some Native American in there with some Scott and there with the Irish and you have my ancestry as far as I was ever told.   I had turned 48 last...

Greg was an old army buddy of mine and he was in town for only a few days.   He’d moved to Arizona right after retirement while I’d went home to Ohio .   We were catching up and telling war stories and drinking and smoking a little herb and generally just...