From the Author
As I stand here, years later, on the river bank of the Detroit River,staring at the tugboats and freighters moving briskly down the winding river to their predetermined destination. My mind goes back to a time and place when my heart was young and my dreams were still in front of me.
This was the time when boyhood dreams came true and life was full of hope,it was in that time that I fulfilled a boyhood dream of mine and dreamed and lived the dream of a free man.
Every time now when I travel out west on vacation as an amateur geologist digging for ancient artifacts or on an undisclosed mission when I cross over the Mississippi River, I stop and park my car.
I walk down to the river and gaze upon her beauty and I remember a brief time and place long ago.
As I stand by the riverbank of this majestic river I stoop down and place my hands in her waters, I can sense her now and feel her life's presence as her waters gently caresses my hands.
She is now with me, for she knows me and I know her, for she is my queen and I am her anointed knight.
I feel her closeness now like a lover dressed in beautiful garb to be embraced as we become one again in splendid bliss.
I am young again and she is beautiful and uncharted and she beckons me to explore her and enjoy her splendor.
The thought of her rejuvenates me with joy for I am free once again,unchained by the physical shackles and bondage of today's living.
Even now I dream.... even now.
During the course of all of my trips across the continental United States, the trip that still stands in the forefront against all the rest was the Mississippi River trip, with her tugboats and beautiful people, the American people.
At times when I'm alone in my solitude and thinking back about the river and my old friends, I weep.
At other times she is like a mother adorned in radiant beauty, she still calls me and beckons me to come home...come home, son.
The Mississippi River is not just a slow moving body of water but rather she is a living entity, she is alive and she is something to be respected and admired.
Unless one sees the Mississippi River as a living being as she truly is then one can never understand who she really is.
For she is a Queen.
For a brief period in time my friends and I were her children. But we are not "city slickers" anymore, for the mother of waters have christened us as her own, as rivermen...forever.
Like knights of the round table of English lore who have received the ancient ceremonial right of accolade by their king or queen of the realm, we too are knights.
For we too have received the ceremony of accolade by the mother of waters, the Mississippi River.
For now and forever, we belong to her, for she has embraced us into her exclusive order in the hierarchy of her rivermen as her knights.
For the trip down the Mississippi River has changed us significantly for the better for it was a transformation or metamorphosis of our souls and for the rest of our days we have become free men now without shackles placed on our mind or spirit.
Yet, even today, I still thank God above for giving me that moment in time and window of opportunity to take an idea and make it reality.
To that end we have since lived with a free spirit wondering what is over tomorrow's horizon.
For every time I see deep water now, my mind reflects back to the Mississippi River and its people, the river people, who changed my perspective on life forever.
For we not only dreamed the impossible dream, but also lived it as the riverboat men did in a time long gone by.
As I gaze back into the waters of the Detroit River, I remember in part the words of the poet,
"All men dream, but not equally. For the dreamers of the night awaken in the day and realize that their dreams were vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for with open eyes, they make their dreams come true."
About the Author
News paperboy, bowling alley pinsetter, News paper jumper, bakers helper, toll collector, factory worker on" The Line", and "The Pits".
Fireman and ambulance rescue driver.
Retired twenty-five year Lawman, assigned to "The Arab Corridor", Dearborn, Michigan.
State Certified Police S.W.A.T. Officer and Bomb Squad Supervisor seven years.
After winning a federal judgment by jury as a "whistle blower" against a tainted political "junta", and a dispatched letter "that turned the heads of the Joint Chiefs of Staff", I was dined and requested "incognito" per a three letter agency to assist and initiate, an intelligent gathering network "via contacts through the Arab Corridor" from the United States to the Middle East.
Thirty-five years State of Michigan Licensed and Certified Public/ Private Polygraph Examiner with an A+ Rating Better Business Bureau. Expert Witness.
Eighteen years State of Michigan Licensed Private Investigator/Private Eye. Military/Federal/Civilian trained Certified High Explosive Bomb Technician.
Trained in part with, C.I.A., F.B.I., A.T.F., U.S. Navy U.D.T, Israeli's and New York Bomb Squad Technicians.
Licensed Aircraft Pilot. N.A.U.I Certified Scuba Diver.
Four time Marathon Runner, including Boston.
United States Marine Corps Captain with a prior Top Secret Clearance.
Brought under armed conditions the "Out of Country" votes and registrations of the newly developing and democratic nation of Iraq to concerned parties in Washington D.C.
Bachelor Degree in International Politics, University of Michigan.
Masters Degree(s) in Criminal Justice and Correctional Science, University of Detroit. Traveled all of the Continental United States.
My books are true, written about adventure and exploration including conspiracies theories that I was directly involved in. My primary books are about real crime that I experienced first hand as a professional examiner/interrogator in the streets and prisons of America.
