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When my Mom was nearing the end of her life, she told me, “maybe I shouldn’t tell you this, but your first grade teacher told me that she didn’t believe you would ever amount to anything”.  My Mom set out to do change that outlook, and in the summer would take me and my brother Dan to the library every week to check out some books to read.  I not only loved reading, but in the baseme . . .

My Other Career

My main career has been that of software Engineer, over the years working for Sperry Univac, Unisys, Paramax, Loral, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins and Leidos, on such projects as DDG993, CG-26, CPF, AN-UYK43, P-3 Orion, CH53K and the FAA ERAM systems.

As a software engineer, it is not often you get any positive feedback from the customers but there are a couple moments in my career that . . .

Learning German

I was born and raised in New Ulm. At that time there were still many old timers who spoke German, but as time had passed, their German became sprinkled with English words pronounced with German accents. My Dad owned a furniture store and his father helped him run it. I can remember many afternoons that my grandfather and an old timer would talk for hours in German.

My Dad served in Germany . . .

Historical tragedies and connections to author.

Trial and Triumph is a dramatized love story set during a historical tragedy just as the movie Titanic is. It is interesting to note some of the connections to both tragedies in my life.

My maternal grandfather was born in Germany and loved to travel. He would secure passage on a ship by working as a fireman, shoveling coal into the furnaces that drove the engine. He wanted to come to Ameri . . .