Appendices  ( life experiences ) :
(most of the appendices are still works in progress)
 

       Introduction
 

A .   Life in the Bronx, New York during the 1930's    ^started ...75% complete
        (FDR, NRA, WPA, CCC and war without TV)

B .   WW II in America,  1941 - 1945    ^started ...75% complete
        (contemplative life - monastic seclusion)

C .   Post WW II - High Adventure Years,  1945 - 1950   ^started ...75% complete
       (out of the cocoon - into the fleshpots of the Orient and the Mediterranean)

D .   The Academy Years,  1950 - 1954    ^started ...75% complete
       (the education of an elitist)

E .   Life on a Banana Boat,  1954 - 1955   ^started ...50% complete
       (from the jungles of Honduras & Ecuador to your breakfast table)

F .   Manhattan  Marriage  ( N.Y., N.Y. )  May 30,  1955  ^started ...50% complete
       (sex in the city and love in the big apple)

GThe "Cold War" Warrior,   1955 - 1970   ^started ...75% complete
       (the MAD years)

H .   Divorce and  Re-marriage,  1967   ^started ...
       (faded dreams in the fast lane)
       (a new begunning)

I .    Life after Aerospace  (the entrepreneur years),  1971 - 1974  ^started ...
       (the "illusion of power" ends and real life begins)

J .    Back to School as a  Full Time Student,  1974 - 1980    ^started ...
        (return to the marsupial pouch)

K .   The California Energy Commission,   1978 - 1980    ^started ...75% complete
        (a "one-stop shopping center" turns into a "dead-end dump")

L .   The  Governor's Office,  1980 - 1981    ^started ...50% complete
       (working in the moon-lite)

MThe  California Public Utilities Commission,  1981 - 1993    ^started ...75% complete
        (a case study of discrimination and cronyism in a state agency
         and how it planted the roots of a delayed energy crisis
         with severe financial consequences to a major portion of the United States)

N .   Age  Discrimination,  March 17, 1993   ^started ...
        (the over 40 trash bin)

O .   Retirement,   December 31, 1993    ^started ...
       (challenge and despair at the end of the rainbow)

P .   Life on the Open Road in a Motor - Home,  1993 - 2000    ^started ...
       (Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee, the gypsie's life for me)

Q .   Paris and  Rome,   Spring  1997    ^started ...
        (a fond farewell)

R  .  Oxford, Mississippi, "Ole Miss",   Spring  1998  ^started ...
        (not quite gone with the wind)

S .   The Bahamas ( the last seafaring voyage),  Summer 1998    ^started ...
       (the water is still azure blue)

T .    Return to California,   Summer  1998    ^started ...
        (return to paradise)

U .   Return to Mississippi,   Fall  1999    ^started ...
        (the steel magnolias are still blooming)

V .   The 3rd Generation,   ( the grand kids )    ^started ...
        (genesis proceeds)

W .   The 20th Century Revisited     ^started ...
         (it was a great ride)

X .   Visions of the 21st  Century      ^started ...
        (virtual reality)

Y .   Quo Vadis      ^started ...
        (nirvana beckons)

Z.    Time Travel    (the not for dummies file)     ^started...90% complete
       (where did we come from?  where are we going ?)