Just after I turned seven our family moved to Basel, Switzerland for three years while my father was called to preside over the Church’s Swiss/German Mission. I used to explore the ship we were sailing on. I remember leaning over the railing at the stern, watching the water churned up by the propellers. I began to feel sea-sick and so I went to our cabin and crawled up on the upper bunk where I covered myself with the blankets to sleep it off. Unfortunately, the last anyone remembered seeing me was leaning over the railing. The whole ship was searched as my parents panicked that I might have fallen over the railing. Being unable to locate me, the captain decided to retrace their path to see if they could find my body. When I awoke from my nap I demanded to know what all the excitement was about, but they were so relieved that I was there that I didn’t come under any criticism. Just a note: I have never gotten seasick again.
About Me
- George Richards Cannon
- My early postings were intended to be in sequence, starting with “Why This Blog” posted on December 3, 2011. After reading this profile, you might want to start your reading with those early entries. I am a 93 year old husband, dad, grandpa and great grandpa. I've seen a lot of changes in the world. When I was young, vegetables were still delivered by horse and wagon. As a radio operator during World War II, I communicated via morse code. Now I use my voice-activated cell phone to stay in touch. My career as a university professor of computer science spanned the time when a single computer took up several rooms of in a computer center and was less powerful than today's $2 calculators to the present time where computers are an ever-present part of our daily life. I am now legally blind, but even there technology has come to the rescue. My computer monitor is a big flat screen T.V. with large print magnification. I type by touch with very limited ability to see and edit what I write, so either someone else will have to edit my writing or you will have to endure all the typos. I look forward to sharing my thoughts, perspectives, and memories on life.
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