Now and Then

By Don Mahlon

My first poem was a true story of a bad day on the Golf Course. In my poems I try to capture events, tell a story, and express my feelings on how i saw things throughout my life. Some are true, some humorous, some heartfelt.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 2, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514411612

Don Mahlon

I was born Don Mahlon Heil on April 29, 1944, in Windom, Minnesota. I spent most of my school days in Yankee Hill, California, just out of Oroville, where I graduated from high school. I enlisted in the navy for four years, of which two were spent on board a ship until September 1964, then went on to a Beach Jumper Unit in San Diego, California. I was discharged in September 1966. I then worked for a local power company, erecting transmission line towers with cranes and gin pole. In 1968, I went to work as a firefighter with the US Forest Service on the Lassen National Forest. With the skills learned while in the service, I transferred to the equipment shop as a mechanic and welder. Much of my time was spent maintaining vehicles and supporting the firefighting effort until retiring in 1997. I was married to my late wife, Carol, for forty-seven years. We have two daughters, Michelle and Donna, and one granddaughter, Jonna.

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