THE WATER BALL

About the Book

A keen observer of those about him, in The Water Ball David captures some of the flavor of the times and places in which he has lived, observed, and experienced life s realities: the good and evil that each person inevitably must face as they travel life s road

About the Author

The Author James D. Butler, a twenty-four-year veteran of the air force (fourteen in which he served overseas in Asia and the Middle East), holds four academic degrees (history/political science) from universities in the United States and abroad. Dr. B. or Dave, as he is often addressed, resides with his wife in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where he is employed at the Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB. In 1951, David enlisted in the military, after which in 1953 he married his teenage sweetheart, the former Patricia Ann Keavney of Brooklyn, New York, who along with their growing family, accompanied him on his assignments, with the exception of his months in Southeast Asia. During their last overseas adventure (Tehran, Iran) David retired from active service and moved to York, England, where he attended the University. On return to the United States, they resided for a short while in Pittsfield, Massachusetts before settling in Northwest Florida. While in York, David’s faith journey led him in 1976 to be welcomed into the Anglican church. Since that time, his religion has been a positive force in his life. A keen observer of those about him and a fair storyteller (Pat will vouch for that, but not always in a positive vein), in The Water Ball, he has recaptured some of the flavors of the times and places of which he has written and in which he himself lived and experienced life’s realities—the good and evil, suffering and death that each person inevitably must face.