Consider with me the human mind. The mind is different from the brain, but the mind comes from the brain. When we are born the brain can be compared to an empty C.D. disk. There are many things that may be placed on the disk. The empty disk is at […]
Many years ago, I read the biography of Lee Iacocca. Many people today will ask, “who is Lee Iacocca”. Iacocca was born of Italian immigrant parents in 1924 in the hills of Pennsylvania. He attended and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in engineering. He bounced around for a […]
Out of the history of Scotland comes the story of Sir John Cochran. Sir John Cochran had risen to the Scottish nobility. But in a decision, he made in innocence, he offended the King of Scotland. The penalty for this mistake was death. The Palace was in the south and […]
Moss Hart was a playwright who grew up in New York City in the 1930’s. He was 7 years old when he and his father went Christmas shopping. Moss had great ideas as he accompanied his dad from store to store. He visualized trains, printing presses, chemistry sets and other […]
One of the books I finished reading recently is a biography of John Lennon. Lennon, along with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr made of the group of famous musicians called “The Beatles”. Lennon and McCartney started “jamming” together when they were in their teen years. They were great […]
I can recall the incident so keenly, it could have happened last week. I was standing at the desk of the personnel officer for the Flathead National Forest. My Dad was with me and introduced me to a man named Carter Helseth. My Dad knew the personnel officer because he […]