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As a kid in Brooklyn Warren Dickman used to sit in class at Franklin K. Lane High School and dream of things like horse ranching in Colorado, deep sea fishing in Florida, building a log cabin in North Carolina, and someday writing the great American novel.
In 1957 Warren moved to Colorado and went to work for Martin, Marietta in its Production Control department. It was still known as the Glen L. Martin Co. back then. General Eisenhower had recently been elected U.S. President and the Titan I.C.B.M. was one of his pet projects. Martin's Denver facility was booming and Warren hadn't yet figured out that intercontinental ballistics missiles were the last thing in the world he wanted to be making. By the time that started bothering him he had already married Nell from the Blueprint Files and enrolled at the University of Denver to study marketing. Kennedy was in office, the race for space was underway, and Titan had evolved into a space booster.
The Test Support Team was established and he was one of the first picks to coordinate the functions of manufacturing, purchasing and test firing- a job he held throughout that space race. He was there during those early days when the engines were misfiring more than firing, and a booster blowing up on the pad was considered a partial success if something was learned from it. He was on the D-2 test stand in 1959 when word came that Russia had launched Sputnik, and he watched from the block house ten years later when Armstrong took his first steps on the moon.
He and Nell bought a forty acre spread east of Parker, Colorado, back around '67, where they broke, rode and trained their seven horses. They gave their kids the life he could only dream of as a boy, growing up in Brooklyn. All three daughters had their own horses to love and care for.
The Moral: The difference between success and failure is what you learn from it.

After 15 years in Colorado Warren and Nell headed for Florida where they bought a Mako Sport Fisherman and proceeded to enjoy the ocean, sun, and sand for 15 more years. It was in Florida where he began an editing career and knew immediately it was his calling. But in 1981 he allowed himself to be side-tracked into the insurance business for twelve years, a move he wouldn't make if he had do-overs. But hey, it was good experience and now he's back at what he loves: Dreaming, writing, and helping others accomplish their dreams as Real Estate Agent with CENTURY 21 Seville Contempo in Morgan Hill, California.
The Moral: Once you've boated the one you want don't be tossing it back. The next one may not be as good.

In 1986 Warren and Nell bought six acres on a mountain in North Carolina. Along with the land, the seller threw in sixty poplar trees from an area he was logging. Starting from scratch they built a two thousand square foot home on that mountain property. It was something he had dreamed of since early childhood and his first set of Lincoln Logs. Together they cleared the land, cut the trees, peeled the bark, notched the logs, and accomplished the monumental task of building a two story structure in a virtually inaccessible area. This was an adventure they will never forget.
The Moral: "Cain't" Never Did Do Nuthin!!
In 1985 Nell bought Warren a word processor and work was begun on his first book of fiction. It may never be called the Great American Novel but it turned out to be a pretty good book called "The Iconoclast.
The Moral: Those wildest dreams of yours may be within your grasp, but if you don't reach out you'll never know.