On May 6, 2015 I had the immense honor of being included among twelve Distinguished Visitors who served a two-day tour of duty on an embark aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. The time went by so fast it only seemed like we were gone five minutes.

I’ll try to summarize what we saw and …

A while ago I posted about one of my goals: achieving black belt.

Thankfully, I can now announce that I have successfully accomplished this goal!

Right before leaving on walkabout I undertook one of the most demanding trials I’ve every experienced–my black belt test in the martial art of Muay Thai, …

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

— Walden, by Henry David Thoreau.

And Now for Something…

I’m on walkabout.

I realize that for most people that word may be a bit nebulous—probably equivalent, …