I have lived a rather ordinary life, most of it on a family farm, with very few milestones or accomplishments.
I’ve written a variety of short stories—all but two are true, and those two begin with a small amount of fact.
Some of the early events were told to me by my father or mother. I made a mental note of them.
Some of the events, after they occurred, became more humorous as I recounted them. I noted them as well.
In my seventies, often while Jeanie and I were relaxing on Kauai, I would take a notepad, walk to the picnic shelter on nearby Prince Kuhio Park and spend part of the afternoon writing.
On our first trip to Kauai we met Duke and Millie Wellington, long time island residents, who soon became good friends of ours.
Duke began writing in his seventies and he encouraged me to keep writing after I showed him a few of my stories.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my wife Jeanie and our daughter Joyce for deciphering my longhand writing and doing most of the typing.
To Sheena and Ryan for their perceptive proofreading.
To my brother-in-law Don Kauffman, thank you for your input, patience, organization, advice, and most importantly, the publishing of this book.
I hope all of our children and grandchildren will feel a part of this history and perhaps even recall some of the events of this book.