Mike Madzuma:  

Coming Home" I left home young and 'til old did I come back My accent unchanged, though my hair no longer black The children didn't know me whom I met on my way "Where do you come from, Sir?" they'd smile and say. by He Zhizhang (Tang Dynasty, China, 618-907 AD) Yes, such is how I spend my days as a retired person. After decades studying Korean and Chinese languages, I now translate ancient Chinese poetry and prose into English as a hobby, and then choose some to write in Chinese calligraphy. Also trying Korean calligraphy. It is for no one but me. Replaces my working days' hobby of sports car driving at all the southern East Coast circuit tracks: Summit Point, Virginia International Raceway, Road Atlanta, to name a few. Usually in a white 350z - favorite car a white Lamborghini. And short trips to see all of the colors of sandy beaches: green sand and black sand in Hawai'i, white sand in Florida, pink sand in Bahamas. Never got to the garnet sand in Santa Barbara, or the red sand of Prince Edward Island -- Oh well. Career? Yes, I had one of those. . . Left Evergreen for the Army in 1972 and continued on active duty, then part-time in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve, before switchi...Expand for more