Restless Boomer: November 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Preston Callison retires -- at age 86!

Preston Callison is a World War II veteran, a former member of the South Carolina General Assembly, a life-long Democrat, and a pioneering attorney in hospital-oriented legal practice in South Carolina.
But most important to me is that he has been my good friend. I was happy to see that Gov. Mark Sanford and others who know about his role in South Carolina's public life, chose to honor him with the Order of the Palmetto. He deserves it, and his inclusion in the roll of Palmetto honorees surely honors them all.

Great moments, remembered . . .

... eating a freshly picked, ripe red tomato from my mother's garden
... eating fish and drinking wine near Split, with Lee and Patti, overlooking the Adriatic Sea on the Croatian coast
... almost colliding with a freighter while flying in a P-3 in pursuit of a Soviet sub 100 feet above the Norwegian Sea
... experiencing Georgian nightlife for the first time with Svetlana in Tbilisi
... drinking beer in a bar in Golden Triangle, with opium dealers at one end of the room and Burmese army soldiers at the other end of the bar
... dining on Longustino in a small cafe in Angra Do Heroismo, Azores, with a school teacher from Buffalo
... bicycling with Elizabeth, Sarah & Thomas on a country road in Champagne-Ardenne

Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving, 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Preston Callison retires -- at age 86!

Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Wilderness