Old Line Leadership

I consider myself to be cheerful, but not necessarily optimistic. In fact, I pride myself on maintaining a certain level of...

“That’s pretty good leadership insight from an engineer.” Although my colleague wrongly reduced all engineers to some cast of...

I first heard about the Maryland Challenge while looking for a tough day-hike near Washington D.C. I knew the Appalachian Trail passed...

On a recent road trip for work I listened to a series of speeches by the author David McCullough. Half of the speeches were from...

“When Dad was last here, did he know he would not get to walk Old Rag again?” It was an honest question, even if I also took the...

The human hand consists of 27 bones and, together with the human brain, owns responsibility for our species’ success. I realized how...

The dust and rodent droppings had us cursing our inability to do the cleaning job half-way but in the end, we were glad we did. It had...

The Coast Guard held a retirement ceremony for me on June 21st at our Headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was presided over by Captain...

"How about the Beltway Burger Bikeride?" This was my reply to my sister Mary's plea to do something fun when she returned stateside this...

~~ Preface ~~ Dear Sirs, The following letters were found unclaimed or left behind by the previous occupant of my office. I find them...