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If you have been around Transitions for the past several years, you know that I am a nut for astronauts and the early space programs, dating back to the Mercury astronauts and the first manned flights back in the early…

It's approaching that time of night when I am about ready to turn out the lights. It's been a good birthday and it's just about over - nothing dramatic, just an ordinary kind of day with the exception of all…

It's late, almost midnight, and I'm not tired quite yet. In seven minutes, before this even gets posted, it will be my 61st birthday. Well, I guess it won't officially happen until sometime around 9:32 or so tomorrow evening. I…

Each evening when I sit down to write, I have something of a ritual that I go through to prepare for whatever I am to write about that particular day. It starts with opening the Transitions "dashboard" - better known…

It's that time again - the Winter Olympics are currently in the background while I am writing this evening. They are being held in Sochi, Russia and the games this first week have been a collection of highs, lows and…