About the Author I was born in a small house in the small town of Waltersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1941. My two older sisters and I were blessed to have a good family life. While we were not the most prosperous family, we were among the happiest ones. My first loves of life were westerns, early American stories and music. I spent most of my working years managing variety stores, mainly for the G. C. Murphy Co. and a few years with McCrory's Stores. After having tried a couple of other business ventures, I retired from the U. S. Postal Service. After retiring I rewrote a short story I had written