by Bill | Nov 24, 2025 | Life Pages
Baby boomers are the 76 million or so people born between 1944 and 1964, children of the ‘Greatest Generation’ following the end of World War II. That makes us between 61- and 81-years young today. Boomers experienced the threat of nuclear war during Cuban missile...
by Artillery | Nov 25, 2024 | Life Pages
You never know where inspiration might come from. During the recent pandemic and due to a health issue in our home we had the opportunity to watch a lot of rodeo on the Cowboy channel. Recently some of the cowboys have had a curious patch on the back of their hats. It...
by Artillery | Nov 25, 2024 | Life Pages
I had On-Call duties on Christmas day this year. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Nor any phone calls. But that was just fine. More than one BancWise agent has mentioned that it’s been kind of nice to have some down time towards the end of 2022. The end...
by Artillery | Nov 25, 2024 | Life Pages
There’s a banana in my desk! “CODE THREE … Heart Hospital” On March 6, 2018 those words sent a shock wave through my being. I knew at that moment that my life could very well be coming to an end. 64 years, 4 days and this could be how it ends. My immediate response...
by Artillery | Nov 25, 2024 | Life Pages
In 1968, a wounded young Marine laid in the tall grass of Vietnam. The Special Forces camp at Khe Sanh, had been under attack for weeks in what would become the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam war. A team of 47 American Marines was sent on a reconnaissance mission to...
by Artillery | Nov 25, 2024 | Life Pages
July 4, 2015 may go down as the greatest 4th of July of my life. It wasn’t the fabulous firework display; in fact, I was in bed by the time the skies were lit up with spectacular displays of light. It wasn’t the bar-b-ques or watermelon feed. No, this year the...
