Thoughts From Yesterday

About the Book

My life has been so rich owing to the people who I have been blessed to know, who have provided the substance to write about, and I have been in so many wonderful places.  Once I capture a theme, I mull it over for days, or weeks and months, sometimes years.  I may write several drafts in my mind before I write a single word.  Sometimes the first writing of a story will come out in more or less final draft form. I tend to be very serious in my writing; I choose serious subjects, then I try to honor my commitment that a good story should make you laugh and cry, and relate to the people, places and things in the story.  Unfortunately, there is often much more crying than laughing.  I’ll keep working on that.  You should know that I have cried first.  As I write, I relive my stories; there are some I have read many times---and I have cried over them every time, as much the last as the first. As my subtitle relates, this is an unfinished work.  There are many more stories and essays, letters, poems, and such that I still have in mind to write.  I hope to get to many more of them so we can share the special people, places, and things of our lives.  I have been encouraged to go ahead with what I have, knowing that I will keep writing, and keep crying, and laughing some too.

About the Author

The author graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, then earned a Masters of Business Administration at The University of Wisconsin at Madison, on the campus that was his boyhood playground, and where many of his stories took place. He achieved what his family had encouraged him to become. He served in the US Air Force on the Manned Orbiting Laboratory space exploration program and on the design phase of the development of the F-15 fighter aircraft. After leaving the Air Force, Glen returned to Wisconsin and became Vice President of the largest bank in his home state, First Wisconsin National Bank. In 1979, he moved on to become President and CEO of several real estate development and management companies. Glen retired in 2009 to devote full time to his grandchildren and his writing.