Category Archives: Life Experience

The Greybeard Chronicles: Why I said nothing at the moment of truth

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Gene

What will you do when standing up means standing out? It is easy to talk tough until it is tough to talk. Everybody is ready to do something until something must be done.  The reason we revere the founders of … Continue reading →

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The Greybeard Chronicles: Small Minds, Large Appetites

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Gene

I am in a McDonald’s…in a mall…in Mobile, Alabama. A girl with vacant eyes waits rather impatiently behind the counter for me to decide. “I will have a Number Two, please.” For the uninformed, that is two small cheeseburgers, fries … Continue reading →

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The Greybeard Chronicles: Will You Carry On, Sir?

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Gene

“Will you carry on, sir?” I am standing at the American Airlines ticket counter in Mobile, Alabama, getting my boarding pass so I can fly home to Dallas/Fort Worth for just the second time in nearly five months. Ordinarily, I … Continue reading →

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The Greybeard Chronicles: 50 Years of Sowing and Reaping

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Gene

Listen up, kids! A half century goes by faster than you think. One minute, you’re doing a cannonball in the Brazos River. The next, you’re praying your wife does not put fifty candles on that carrot cake: Not just because … Continue reading →

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