Truthfully, there are gaps in my childhood memories. Unlike most of you who remember many things, there is much that I have forgotten probably due to some trauma or drama. But there are some memories that survived. Buck could tell you every automobile his dad ever owned. But I only remember one from my childhood. It was a Buick and my dad called it, “the bucket of bolts”. We were relocating again. This particular trip was to find jobs for my dad who worked construction. The r

Do you love your job? Do you love what you spend most of the hours of the day doing? Well, way back in 1957 through 1966, Buck loved his job. It wasn’t without problems, but, all in all he loved his job. He joined the Air Force right out of high school in 1957. He and four buddies joined up with each promising to stick together. Well, the government, as it turned out, didn’t work that way. After their names were on the dotted line, Uncle Sam took over and gave the orders. The

Christie Brinkley is a beautiful woman. Chuck Norris is a handsome man. Together they advertise The Total Gym. This is a piece of exercise equipment for home use and meant to help, would be customers to become physically fit. If you have any doubts about this, you too can stay up all hours of the night watching television. This seems to be a good time to explain that Buck was a late-night person. He was an owl I was and still am, a lark. Some of our children have inherited th

Rookie-doo is not in Webster’s dictionary. It is a term I have known since I was a kid. It means a person has been tricked, scammed, cheated or deceived. Being “rookie-dooed” sounds funny but it’s not. For instance, did you ever purchase a car that turned out to be a lemon? You drove it onto your driveway and the tail pipe fell off. Or, late at night, while watching television a sad and pathetic critter appears and asks for a donation to an organization you’ve never heard of