Character Sketch: Marches to the Beat of a Different Drum

<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 …

…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!