Musings of An Old Man

by Brian K. Moore

They Called Me Baby

At age 20 I got a job at Lockheed Aircraft. This was just about the time that the United States got involved in World War II. The war production and the…

The Boat Was Sinking

This is two stories in one. They tie together. We were water skiing at Lake Isabella with our little P14 with the 45 horse outboard motor. Our skier had fallen…

Three of Us Jumped Ship

Phyllis and I were on a Caribbean cruse with a group of old friends. Included in the group were our son Jim, who was single at the time and the daughter of a…

Brian Goes on the Bum

In the spring of 1937 I was working as a welder at the General Motors assembly plant in Torrance, CA. In early summer the plant closed for a week in…

BRIAN CUTS A DISH

I was making something and I needed a piece of smooth plastic about four inches square and about one eight inch thick. I had been through all the stuff in the…