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Uncle Dave, 2005 This is my uncle, David Kyle. He is recognized in the science fiction community as the elder statesman, certainly to the older generation and since the passing of two of his very close friends, Arthur C. Clark and more recently, Forrest J Ackerman, the man who coined the term, sci-fi. I don't know how many present day fans he has, but it's not all that important. He...

I have never seen angels but my husband did. He passed away five years ago. He was a Navajo Indian and I'm an anglo..belagonna in their language. I have lived on and around the Navajo reservation for years. My husband told me of his experience as a young boy before he gave his life to the Lord and he believed they came from God. As a small boy, he was raised by his uncle. He told...

It was a scary time. The Japanese Empire had mounted a sneak attack on our military facilities at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. We suffered devastating losses and the U. S. was at war. President Roosevelt called it “a date which will live in infamy” and even though I was only 5 years old and didn’t really understand those words, I definitely remember being scared for us all. Everyone was....

Well, I just got back from a most wonderful 2 weeks away 'on tour' and I must say I am tired and still reeling from all the events! All 3 concerts were a real joy to do. The St. Paul United Church of Christ and the MCC of Greater St. Louis were more than gracious and generous. I want to thank all who got these two...

Dear Stephen Hawking: Stop it! Over the past couple of days, you’ve gotten everybody over here in North America all exorcised about extraterrestrials visitors, alien invasions and …well, “stuff”. As you no doubt remember, this past weekend, you said that aliens probably existed…. and that it might be dangerous to contact them. What’s...

What? Isn’t that from the Star Trek movies? Yes…..the Jedi Knights somehow were able to draw great powers from their surrounding environment and universe, instilling them with super-human strength and some type of mental, metal bending powers. That reminds me… I had an uncle who thought he was indestructible and could read minds, but his powers were concentrated in an oak barrel and wore...

George Burns once said, "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family...in another city." This past weekend, my wife and I traveled to that city to see some of my family. We headed west towards Tampa to the town of Palm Harbor, Florida. We had planned to visit my mom's side of the family whom we hadn't seen in several months. Originally, we thought we would find ourselves using...