Autobiography of a World War Two Tailhooker chronicles many experiences from the early days of my youth, and continues on through the years I served as naval aviator. The narrative spans several decade in times of both war and peace. It tells of many escapes from death, both before and after becoming a navy flyer. I have tried to treat the subject in a sincere manner, attributing my survival to "Divine Intervention." I also describe the many close friendships forged early on in flight-training, and aboard several aircraft carriers while attached to divebombing squadrons during and following...

In the world was Lore and Lore delighted the eye. It spread itself across the land, whispered to men through the earth and foliage, through crystalline devices. Here, one form of Lore develops-there, some diverse facet, each the embodiment of man's greatness. But Lore is cunning, for men can only think to be great, and conscience often doesn't speak loudly enough.
Here is the epic struggle between men and the Lore they wield, a conflict mirrored in the ordeals faced by the hero who would save them. He was bred to be a leader, a Lifeward with no other emotion than anger. What strange hand...

Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD is an adult and child neurologist who has made "disease" (brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, etc.) vs. "no disease" (emotional, psychiatric) diagnoses daily and has discovered and described real diseases. Herein he describes the difference between psychiatry/psychology, on the one hand, and neurology and all organic medicine, on the other, and why ADHD and all of psychiatry's "chemical imbalances" are not diseases at all--but fraud. Referring to psychiatry, he states: "They made a list of the most common symptoms of emotional discomfiture of children and in a stroke...

Kabbalah is one of those fads that is presented by New Age experts as the answer to the need for a self-guided spirituality that transcends organized religion. Buddhism is another fad, with meditation and yoga sessions becoming the in-thing to do. Underneath the light and fluffy exterior of these fads lies underlying truth that is both obvious and hidden due to the way that religion has been defined and confined to organizations and traditions.
Kabbalah began as a study of word usage, of following terms and concepts through the ancient texts of preserved scriptures. While not evident in...

Wild Man is a story of love and belief, courage and friendship, and the struggle to find one's place amongst the chaos of the modern world.
Jason Everton, the son of the Vice President, crashes his car into a 40-foot Douglas fir. Trapped inside, he sees a mysterious dark blob of hair in the middle of the road. He doesn't believe in Bigfoot, but what else could it be? Enlisting the help of a tabloid journalist and two Sasquatch experts, Jason searches for the truth in the forest against his father's wishes.
Simultaneously, Matthew Walker zig-zags his way across the country after...

In pursuit of her dream to become a famous artist, Emily Ann Wright lost her virginity and was accused of being gay - and that was only on the ship going to Europe. She took a secretarial job with Army Special Services in post WWII Occupied Germany as a means to get to Paris where she knew all artists had to live as a prerequisite for fame.
Emily's assignment in Bad Nauheim, a pre-war spa town, as secretary to the head of Special Services Intelligence is secure as long as her mother sends cookies. Terry, her cockney roommate saves Emily from herself by getting her to work on her first day...

Come and let the music
in this poetry come alive
and the words dance.
Let these pages
become their dance floor.
Be my partner,
let your heart join in
and celebrate with me
-God, love and life.

May your Tree of Life
always bear sweet fruit
Its roots planted firmly
in the ground.
Each branch reach for the stars.
And in your waning years
all your leaves turn gold.
May you heart
always be filled with love
and you live your days
in peace.

How many hours of the day do millions of people grieve silently for a partner they've lost in life? Death comes easy to no one...especially to those who are left behind.
In 1999, I lost my husband to cancer. I was 47 at the time, and it took awhile to sort through my emotions and gather the strength to face daily living again. A year and a half into widowhood, I realized how alone I felt going through all those first experiences: taking off my wedding rings, figuring out which side of the bed to sleep on, and getting through our anniversary. I then launched a Web site that generated...

When Radio Was King offers a reflection on the Golden Age of Radio (1930's to 1940's) by one who was an integral part of American entertainment. The author relates a series of personal observations on radio comedy, it's famous participants and its lasting effect on the American psyche that was reeling from an earlier depression and participation in the greatest world war in history. Furthermore, it is not only a vivid and humorous look at radio comedy, but packs a dual punch in that contains a primer on comedy-writing with actual scripts and snippets of scripts from a recognized veteran...