There are many times that I wish that I had taken the time to write more from my heart and from my feelings than from the necessity to write to survive in academia. Retirement time but especially the capability to transcribe journals and letters and memory has resulted in this rare collection of 55 stories that may be classified as 1) adventures, 2) insights, 3) reminiscing's, 4) campfire stories and 5) personal days gone by. Most entries have...