Norris Burkes

3 days ago | thereporter.com | Norris Burkes

Do you ever wonder what people think about you? I do and, most especially, I wonder what my readers think of me. My speaking events often give me multiple opportunities to discover what my readers think of me. For instance, last week, I spoke to a Rotary group, where a few readers made some surprising conclusions about me based solely on my column mugshot. “You have a lot more hair than your picture shows,” observed a friendly bald man. Thank you, I guess. Honestly, I wish I had more.

1 week ago | elkodaily.com | Norris Burkes

Amidst the Cinco de Mayo celebrations last Monday, I couldn’t avoid thinking of May 6, 2009, the day I returned from deployment in Iraq on a chartered World Airways DC-10. After spending four months serving the wounded at the Air Force Field Hospital in Balad Iraq, my only thoughts on final approach into Baltimore Washington International Airport, were of home. Our landing attempt was anything but welcoming as our plane bounced like a porpoise on the waves.

1 week ago | news-leader.com | Norris Burkes

Amidst the Cinco de Mayo celebrations last Monday, I couldn’t avoid thinking of May 6, 2009, the day I returned from deployment in Iraq on a chartered World Airways DC-10. After spending four months serving the wounded at the Air Force Field Hospital in Balad, Iraq, my only thoughts on final approach into Baltimore/Washington International Airport, were of home. Our landing attempt was anything but welcoming as our plane bounced like a porpoise on the waves.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Norris Burkes

Amidst the Cinco de Mayo celebrations last Monday, I couldn’t avoid thinking of May 6, 2009, the day I returned from deployment in Iraq on a chartered World Airways DC-10. After spending four months serving the wounded at the Air Force Field Hospital in Balad, Iraq, my only thoughts on final approach into Baltimore/Washington International Airport, were of home. Our landing attempt was anything but welcoming as our plane bounced like a porpoise on the waves.

1 week ago | thereporter.com | Norris Burkes

Amidst the Cinco de Mayo celebrations last Monday, I couldn’t avoid thinking of May 6, 2009, the day I returned from deployment in Iraq on a chartered World Airways DC-10. After spending four months serving the wounded at the Air Force Field Hospital in Balad Iraq, my only thoughts on final approach into Baltimore/Washington International Airport, were of home. Our landing attempt was anything but welcoming as our plane bounced like a porpoise on the waves.