“THAT MOMENT”

Can you remember  an example of, ‘That Moment’ of time that modified your thinking? There are those ‘chance’ meetings that change the course of life and at times, the course of History.  I wonder what event in Henry Ford’s life brought about the ‘assembly line’?

This topic came about by reading a statement by Marty Kerns,  long time friend of son-Jack. He saw a ‘share’ on son-Jack’s FB page talking about my latest book, ‘The Vacation.’ His response, “I’ve got to read that, it may be the only book I ever read.”

I looked across the table at my Sherry over coffee and said, “I hope it is the first of many.”  Then I recounted ‘that time’ when I read my first ‘Fiction Novel’. Just by chance I passed a ‘book display’  once, while I was on a quest for truth, justice and the American way.  I knew I would have a few weeks alone and needed something to pass my time in unfamiliar territory, On a whim,  I picked up a copy of Tom Clancy’s “Executive Orders”. The book is 2” thick. I remember thinking that will take a few months.

At that time I had only read books and manuals having to do with work.  I became engrossed and read that book in less than a week. At 56yrs of age,  I was hooked. Since then I have read over 2000  books, and written seven. When I started writing I realized I would always be limited, my imagination is good, but my vocabulary is limited. My knowledge of the English language is even MORE limited, expressing my thoughts well is near impossible.

(1952)

• Hind sight is good. in my 10.5 years of ‘formal’ schooling, I had two truly inspiring teachers.  Both from the small mountain town of Valdese, NC.   Mrs. Melissa Grill (7th grade), she could inspire, I actually fell in ‘like’, with poems. Then in the 8th, Mrs. Brevard. I know it doesn’t yank too many chains, but She knew how to ‘coax’ or interest me in finding ‘x’, in Algebra. I loved it.

(1953)

She taught so well that when we moved to Belmont, NC, I had the best grade I would ever have, My Algebra II final grade was 110% (they gave extra credits) my report card had an A+.  My other grades were not as impressive. My French was ‘C-‘ (Excuse, Sherry was in that class).

Nite Shipslog

PS: I don’t think Mrs. Brevard would’ve approved 110%, since mathematically it is impossible, but I felt smart (ha)!

PS2:  I used The Pythagorean Theorem, for every house I built, to square the foundations, Thanks Mrs Brevard!.

After son Mark had his own construction company I would get a call when he was laying off the house “Dad, what was the P-tag theory again?”

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1986 was not a great for Cars methinks..