<Tab/>You can pick him out of a crowd. At Rotary Club meetings, in a room full of men wearing impeccably-tailored suits, my father is the guy in the Hawaiian shirt. For more than twenty years, Dad wore an Army uniform to work. Week-ends and holidays were his only days to make a fashions statement. When he retired, my father ditched the BDU's and filled his closet with thirty-seven Hawaiian shirts …showed first 75 words of 511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 511 total…spare time. Howard makes his own telescopes and has been mentioned in scientific publications for his findings in astronomy. He, too, is a published author. My father writes pulp fiction in his spare time, so he fits right in. <Tab/>My dad is one of a kind; he marches to the beat of a different drum. Dad has his own uniform, his own language and customs, and his own little parade!