Autobiography (kind of), starting with the present working back.
2023: January 1, 2023 married Misale Fransen. Successful full right knee replacement in April.
2022 October, Met Misale Fransen in Agape church. My entire life changed.
2021 January, Had COVID-19. That was a bad decision....LOL
February, Lived thru the “Great Texas Deep Freeze”, four days without heat at 10F outside.
August, Started a new hobby, Extreme Long Distance shooting, with my 50BMG rifle.
2020 March, Martha, my wife of 62 years died of COVID-19
2019 Sept, Hurricane Harvey made landfall just to the north, The “Eye” passed over the house.
2010 Purchased “Isabella” a 37' Gulfstar CC Sloop still planning a circumnavigation.
2002 Purchased “Millennium Falcon” a 44' BR Steel Ketch to sail the world.
1999 Retired from The University moved to Ingleside-On-The-Bay, Texas
1975 Sept, Graduated University of Texas MEd with GPA 3.4
1971 June, Graduated University of Texas BA with GPA 3.4.......finally figured out how to do it.
1960 Earned my Pilots wings
1958 Sept 20, Married Martha Fincher
1957 January, Joined the USAF in a career that was so SECRET even I didn't know what I did.
1956 Dec, I flunked out of SMU with a GPA of 1.4
1954 June, I graduated High School with a GPA of 1.7
1941 Dec 7 World War II started for the US. I had nothing to do with that!
1936 Sept 3, I, James Alfred Isbell was born, in San Diego, California, USA
