Monumental Moments

A person's life is composed of many ordinary days with a few significant and monumental moments mixed in. This book is about the separate monumental moments that I have experienced. One of these was "e;flying"e; out a nine foot window when I was only eight years old. I attended a one room grade school and was disciplined by being made to chew tobacco. I am the 11th of 12 children and was told by an older brother that I would never amount to anything when I was preschool age and I promptly bit him on his arm. I wrecked a tractor in fourth gear on a gravel road when I was 10. I took a taxidermy course when I was in third grade. I was told by my Rifle Team coach in college that I should practice for the Olympics. I invented a tornado that was copied by Universal Studios and the Exploratium. I had a research project on Skylab. I was knocked unconscious by electricity. I have written books, made guitars, mounted many different birds and animals, composed and recorded musical albums and passed out at the top of the Spanish Steps.