Wylie came by again,
yesterday.
We were glad!
He had coffee and pecan-
swirl toast (buttered),
with me, and the
Beloved Editor.
We talked about
everything.
Wylie reads. He knows
a lot of stuff.
He's down-to-earth,
a non-pretentious
fellow...
Told us about that
massive candy/gum
drop, on tiny
parachutes
to hungry little German
kids
during the Berlin
Airlift, 1948.
They're making a
movie about it.
We talked about
old Clovis times...
and all the farm kids
out north of
town.
the Taylors, the Collinses,
Jennings, Goars,
and others,
who lived along the Frio
and Running Water
Draws...
And yes, the Frio did
"run backward"
once
when debris stacked up
for two miles during
a heavy rain and
hailstorm---
trees, limbs, bushes, weeds
against the highway
bridge...damming water...
hail was two feet deep
in spots..
The subject of long-lost
schools came up---
Pleasant Hill
and Claud...
"Country Boy" once sold
a photo of the school
at Pleasant Hill...for
quite a bit.
We discussed F-80 jets
and rabbit-hunting
in an F-100.
There was patriotic talk
about our men
during Viet Nam
who were imprisoned
in the Hanoi
Hilton...
How each one was
a "professor" of
something, and
taught it...
Logarithm tables were
compiled using
splinters of wood
for pens
and ground up pills
and water for ink,
and TP for writing...
One used the tap code
to write a whole
book of poems...
remembered by many
and compiled after
release. We have it.
A former captive told Wylie:
"In that situation,
all you have
is time."
Fitting, I think, to
remember our heroes
and talk about them
often.
Along that line, the
Beloved Editor just
read
"A Higher Call," a B-17
story and we discussed
that wonderful book,
and those men.
We talked about
so many things...
You want to have a good
talk...about things
American---
Invite Wylie over.
Alas, the time flew,
the coffee was
all gone...
and so was Wylie...
until the next time.
(Wylie writes for
MIL'S PLACE.)
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BY MIL
01/25/14
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