I am at that stage of life when it is perfectly excusable to indulge oneself by living in a dream world from time to time; a place where eve...

The Taftsville covered bridge over the Ottaquechee River, near the village of Woodstock is one of Vermont’s oldest. Built by Salmond Emmons...

Planning For Exigent Times One would have to be living in a fool’s paradise not to be concerned about the economic pitfalls which pockmark t...

THE BOYS FROM SKAGIT COUNTY A Tale of Two Brothers The village of Osceola appears today on a list of Washington State “ghost towns”; a dot o...

WHEN TRADITION SITS AT OUR TABLE A Constellation of Comfort Foods As difficult as it may be to come up with an exact definition, those with ...

Within months of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7th, 1941, Japanese Imperial troops had conquered and occupied much of the southwestern...

Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart wearing the star which was a capstone to more than 27 years of devoted service. Stewart died at his home in...

A scene photographed by Al Cooper during a recent visit to South Korea is reminiscent of the farm house in which he shared that unexpected m...

As I write this column, more than one million people in the northeast corner of the U.S. are without electric power, inundated by two or thr...

All too often we are reminded of the old adage “all good things must come to an end”¬. The downside of mortal longevity is an increasing awa...

The distinctive “clipper” bow and three broad stacks mark the image of France’s proud luxury liner “Normandie” at sea. It could make an Atl...

Among the food gifts brought to that first Thanksgiving feast at the Plymouth Colony back in 1621 by the Wampanoag Indians, was an item whos...

In Jonathan Swift’s classic tale, Gulliver’s Travels there is a memorable scene in which the sleeping “giant” who has fallen among them is b...

In the spring of 1945, during the closing days of World War II, at a place known locally as Ettersberg Hill in eastern Germany, advance elem...

In researching this story, I made contact with one of the last living crew members of the Boeing 314 era, and was able to obtain and view co...

PART ONE OF TWO In the years between the two great World Wars, aviation rapidly came of age, and as ever more powerful aircraft engines beca...

Our tabletop Christmas tree is long gone; packed away in the basement along with wreaths, ornaments and other seasonal decorations. A visit...

Pardon my interruption... This is Al's daughter posting today. I just wanted to say that my father has made my life richer by his exampl...

The last decade of the 19th century was not a good time for American business as the country attempted to weather the effects of an economic...