Antiques and young children – not a good combination. It is, in fact, an invitation to disaster. Like that lovely antique teapot my wife had out years ago when the kids were little. You know what happened, right? One moment a teapot, the next moment pieces of...

My friend, Gary, was flying with a friend in a World War II vintage airplane. In fact, this man was a former WWII pilot. And my friend, Gary, was full of questions. He said, “What’s this dial for?” And, “What does that light do?” And,...

Okay, fill in the blank. Dog collars are for _________. Right! Dogs. Well, of course, there was one case, it was a not-so-bright nephew. My friend’s nephew decided it would be fun to put his dog collar on around his own neck. Well, it wasn’t just any...

There’s one vacation spot our family has always wanted to go back to – Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. As you walk through this bustling, restored Colonial capital, suddenly you say, “Whoa, it’s not “now” anymore.” You...

I’ve been privileged to have a lot of friends in law enforcement over the years. Not because I was in their custody. Let me make that clear. Some of them have the intriguing, and harrowing, assignment of being involved with both a SWAT team and a Hostage...