Twelve Years down the Road

<p style=text-align: justify;>Astronomy and some religions believe that life is a series of cycles. That is certainly reflected in the tale of Al’s long adventurous life; the cycle spun him in many different directions over the years.</p><p style=text-align: justify;><em>Twelve Years down the Road </em>shares a collection of stories and events detailing the diversity of Al’s unique life. From early childhood he lived with his parents and two brothers in the woods of East Texas on a family farm surrounded by a national forest with a wildlife management area across the road. These stories reveal how he met the love of his life Betty what he learned by delivering the <em>Dallas</em> <em>Morning News</em> how he fared at his fi rst job in the Mississippi Delta in the middle of KKK country how he perceived his work at a Texas prison and how he came to work in Siberia for a pipeline company.</p><p style=text-align: justify;>As Al reflects on the cycles his long and varied life he shares the stories that shape a person and make a man a man.</p>