First blog on here...

Why am I here? To rant, to pass the hours when my kids are gone, to get through the evil part of the night that haunts me.

I am locked in a senselessly long divorce, trying to raise two kids the best way I know how. My daughter is 6 and represents the colors in my life - without her, my world is gray and sad. My son is the nicest person I have ever met. I fight the divorce for their sake.

I love to write. I intend to post a few of my travel stories here - I have visited 33 countries as a Navy aircrewman and Government courier. No cloak and dagger stuff, just a lot of fun traveling, primarily alone. Somalia, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Australia, Fiji, Greece, Kenya, Germany, France, Spain, Israel, Djibouti, etc., etc. I lived on an island south of India and in Japan. I see travel as the spice of life, and when I can't be traveling, then I like to be writing about traveling.

I flew for over a decade in Navy helicopters, patrol bombers, and submarine-hunter jets. Primarily, I was supposed to hunt Soviet subs, but there were never a lot of them, so most of the time I was either flying rescue missions or taking photographs of a wide world most folks will never see. I've seen the Aurora Borealis, the Southern Cross, "....attack ships on fire, off the shoulder of Orion... I've seen things... you people... wouldn't believe. All these moments ... will be lost in time... like tears... in rain."

These days, I help old airmen write their memoirs and assist authors write history books. I pitch in at an Elementary and at a Middle School, helping in whatever way I can. As a youngster, I had three goals - to fly, to teach, and to write. Now, I have only one goal left in life, to raise and release two well adjusted, well prepared young people out into the world. I raise my kids with humor and attention, turning each bad situation into a life-lesson. We love each other and my greatest accomplishment with kids so far is that both of mine get along great. My deepest joy is to boogie-board at the beach where I learned 25 years ago, with my son laughing at my side, while my daughter watches us from the shore.

I love my life, rough spots and all.

Welcome to my blog.

v/r Gordon
San Diego