Today, many years ago, my great uncle, Rex LeGrande Hicks, was the senior officer on the USS Phoenix. When the explosions began, he took the helm of the Phoenix and managed to get it out of Pearl Harbor. This photo? It’s the Phoenix steaming past the Arizona.

"The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error."
--Hannah Arendt

My first post on Bluesky. Sunrise over Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota. Here's to fresh starts, new beginnings, and something beautiful.