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{THE VIEW FROM THE BACK ROW} When did I get old?
By BENNY HORNSBY
Thu,03/14/24-10:00AM , 2,744 Reads
“When did I get old? When did everything change? Did time speed up? Or did I slow down?
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{THE VIEW FROM THE BACK ROW} Billy the kid
By BENNY HORNSBY
Thu,02/29/24-10:00AM , 2,351 Reads
When I was 17 and in my first ship, I was often known to the “ancient” mariners onboard as “Benny the Kid,” not to be confused with New Mexico’s Billy the Kid who killed 21 men before he was 21. The only thing I’d killed was a woodpecker when I was about 7. I shot him out of a cedar tree with my BB gun.
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{THE VIEW FROM THE BACK ROW} EATING AROUND THE WORLD
By BENNY HORNSBY
Thu,02/15/24-10:00AM , 1,498 Reads
When your life has been one big travelogue, in my case, over 100 countries visited courtesy of Uncle Sam, what do you really remember when the ships are tied to the pier, the planes are grounded, and the wheels finally stop turning?
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{THE VIEW FROM THE BACK ROW} Mal de mer
By BENNY HORNSBY
Thu,02/01/24-10:00AM , 1,351 Reads
I’ve been sick of work, sick of school, and sick of even showing up, but I have never been seasick, what the French call “mal de mer,” or “sickness of the sea.” Fortunately, I’ve never been air sick, car sick, motorcycle sick or train sick, either. I guess I have dull senses, a dullard.
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