Posted by Brad Osborne on May 30, 2022 · 16 Comments
In the left-hand seat sat the antithesis of Sir Quixote. My driver was a stout, young man hewn directly from the heartlands of America. He looked more like Sancho.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 27, 2021 · 14 Comments
In May of 1984, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, I crossed north of the Artic Circle.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 17, 2021 · 17 Comments
We are the sons and daughters,
Of a proud and vibrant nation…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 1, 2020 · 21 Comments
The metal sings in creak and groan,
As the depth and the pressure build…
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