https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/A world citizen, veteran of travels to forty-plus countries, tells sea stories and thinks thoughts.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/657122BLUE ANGELS, BRITISH LIEUTENANTS, AND ADMIRAL’S NIECES After three years in the Asia, I asked the Navy where Icould go, if I stayed in another three years. The Navy said Saigon orNaples. I had been to Saigon already, but not to Naples. So afour-star Admiral endured a starry-eyed Lieutenant in...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/657121BLUE ANGELS, BRITISH LIEUTENANTS, AND ADMIRAL’S NIECES After three years in the Asia, I asked the Navy where Icould go, if I stayed in another three years. The Navy said Saigon orNaples. I had been to Saigon already, but not to Naples. So afour-star Admiral endured a starry-eyed Lieutenant in...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/655893GRAVITY Gravity we take for granted. With it we all stick to earth. But then we contend, For some special spot on the surface. And meanwhile forget, Gravity was given to everyone. So it takes another war to remind us, That we all have to be someplace. Gravity requires it.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/655888A CONGRESSMAN, A GUNRUNNER, AND A CUP OF TEA Dan was in my office in Subic a few days before. He told astory about playing with a handgun in the swimming pool as a kid. He and hisbrother took turns shooting at each other like fish in a barrel to see how deepthe bullets would go. His face was...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/655858JOY Joy is everywhere. We can try to avoid it, Even turn our back against it. But joy will track us down and trap us, In our own laughter, At a baby’s giggle or a friend’sjoke. Joy pervades even the darkest moments of our lives. The death of a loved one brings back fond memories and funny...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/655855A TREE FOR ALL OF US Your twisted trunk of beauty, Bears the ravages of time, A city bears its name today, Because Athena made of you, Her chosen gift to the mortals, Recounted still in Grecian myth. The dove of peace and hope began, By flying back to Noah, A symbol from your branch, That spoke...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/worldcitizen/655854A full moon glows again tonight. Why is it so mesmerizing? Physics tells us t hat shared gravity. Between the earth and moon keeps them both on track, A s they circle each other and fly their annualoval, Around our star. Maybe moonlight is hypnotic becauseit really is sunlight, And a mirror of...